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Hystrix pumila
(Gunther, 1879). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, 4:106.
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ORDER—RODENTIA
FAMILY—Muridae
COMMON NAME—Palawan
porcupine.
DISTRIBUTION—Palawan
Faunal Region. Recorded on Busuanga (FMNH) and Palawan (FMNH).
HABITAT—Lowland
secondary and primary forest (Hoogstraal, 1951).
STATUS—
Locally common to uncommon (Hoogstraal, 1951).
COMMENT ADDED IN 2005––Sighted in secondary forest and grassland/agricultural mosaic; an important game species for some ethnic communities (Esselstyn et al., 2004).
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