Cape Porcupine

Closest Relatives at Table Mountain National Park

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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	30–40%
2	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	20–30%
3	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	10–20%
4	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	10–20%
5	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	10–20%
6	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	0–10%
7	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	0–10%
8	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	0–10%
9	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	Insufficient data
10	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	Insufficient data
11	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	Insufficient data
12	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	Insufficient data
13	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	Insufficient data
14	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
15	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	Insufficient data
16	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	Insufficient data
17	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	Insufficient data
18	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Cape Porcupine in Table Mountain National Park?

About 25% of visitor-days record a Cape Porcupine sighting in Table Mountain National Park, based on 469 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Cape Porcupine in Table Mountain National Park?

April has the highest sighting rate for Cape Porcupine in Table Mountain National Park in our monthly data.