White rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum
Cape porcupine
Hystrix africaeaustralis
Easily recognized by its black and white ringed quills, the Cape porcupine is Africa’s largest rodent.
Habitat
All environments in southern Africa, except deserts and swamps
Feed
Fruits, roots, tubers
Classification
Class
Mammals
Scientific Name
Hystrix africaeaustralis
Conservation status
IUCN : LC - Least Concern (2016)
Some Figures
Weight
10 to 24 kg
Life Expectancy
15 years
Gestation
3 months
1 à 3 babies
Height at the withers
60 to 80 cm (tail around 15 cm)
Discover Also
Aoudad
Ammotragus lervia
Brindled gnu
Connochaetes taurinus
Springbok
Antidorcas marsupialis
Defassa waterbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa
Common warthog
Phacochoerus africanus