#0112 · 🦊 mammals
Crested Porcupine
🇳🇱 Gewoon Stekelvarken ·Hystrix cristata
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what is it?
The crested porcupine ( Hystrix cristata ) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae found in Italy, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 3,685 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Crested Porcupine
- Nederlands
- Gewoon Stekelvarken
- scientific name
- Hystrix cristata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Hystricidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 2,182
- sightings worldwide
- 3,685
- GBIF records in NL
- 3
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Hystricidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 44171, Wikidata Q262307, GBIF 5219888, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.