Cape Porcupine

Cape Porcupine

Hystrix africaeaustralis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
5–10% · With luck
overall probability at Namib-Naukluft National Park
16 Verified records at Namib-Naukluft National Park
June Best month highest sighting rate
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's active Active throughout day and night

The Cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis), Cape crested porcupine or South African porcupine, is a species of Old World porcupine native to central and southern Africa. Wikipedia →

5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Cape Porcupine sighting in Namib-Naukluft National Park, based on 16 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

📅 Monthly Probability

5–10
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
10–20
May
10–20
Jun
10–20
Jul
<5
Aug
10–20
Sep
5–10
Oct
10–20
Nov
5–10
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Cape Porcupine in Namib-Naukluft National Park?

About 9% of wildlife watchers report a Cape Porcupine sighting in Namib-Naukluft National Park, based on 16 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Cape Porcupine in Namib-Naukluft National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Cape Porcupine in Namib-Naukluft National Park in our monthly data.

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