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| image = Brush-tailed Porcupine, Atherurus macrourus in Kaeng Krachan national park (15925250476).jpg<br />
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| genus = Atherurus<br />
| species = macrourus<br />
| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])<br />
| status = LC<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Molur, S. |date=2020 |title=''Atherurus macrourus'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T2354A166518819 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T2354A166518819.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref><br />
| synonyms = ''Hystrix macroura'' <small>Linnaeus,&nbsp;1758</small><br />
| range_map = Atherurus macrourus distribution map.png<br />
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The '''Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine''' ('''''Atherurus macrourus''''') is a species of [[rodent]] in the family [[Hystricidae]]. It is found in [[China]], [[Bhutan]], [[India]], [[Laos]], [[Malaysia]], [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]], and [[Vietnam]].<br />
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==Taxonomy==<br />
The synonyms of this species are '''''Atherurus assamensis''''' (Thomas, 1921), and '''''Atherurus macrourus''''' (Thomas, 1921) subspecies '''''assamensis'''''.<ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021" /><br />
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==Habitat==<br />
It is a nocturnal and fossorial species, occurring in subtropical and tropical montane forests. It is found on the forest floor, often in areas with profuse undergrowth interspersed with cane and bamboo brakes and palms.<ref>(Molur et al. 2005)</ref><br />
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==Breeding==<br />
It constructs burrows, which may be occupied by up to three animals. The female produces one or two litters a year, of a single young, after a gestation period of 100 to 110 days.<ref name="Smith & Yan Xie 2009">Andrew T. Smith: ''Asiatic Brush-Tailed Porcupine.'' In: Andrew T. Smith, Yan Xie: ''A Guide to the Mammals of China.'' Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 2008, {{ISBN|978-0-691-09984-2}}, S. 274.</ref><br />
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==Conservation==<br />
Known to be one of the rarest porcupines in South Asia,<ref name="DhendupDorji2017">{{cite journal|last1=Dhendup|first1=Tashi|last2=Dorji|first2=Rinzin|title=First record of the Asiatic Brush-tailed Porcupine ''Atherurus macrourus'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricidae) from western Bhutan|journal=Journal of Threatened Taxa|volume=9|issue=11|year=2017|pages=10959|issn=0974-7907|doi=10.11609/jott.3791.9.11.10959-10960|doi-access=free}}</ref> the species is protected under Schedule II of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, though not listed in CITES. It has been recorded from [[Namdapha National Park]] in [[Arunachal Pradesh]], India (Molur et al. 2005). It is present in a number of protected areas in Southeast Asia.<br />
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==Behavior==<br />
In one study using camera traps, it was found that the porcupine typically hunts at night, with a single activity peak during the three-hour period before midnight. To avoid predators on nights when the moon is full, foraging activity is limited to dawn and dusk.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wen |first1=Li-Jia |last2=Guo |first2=v |title=The activity rhythm of the Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine Atherurus macrourus and its correlation with the phases of the moon |url=http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTotal-BIRD201603002.htm |journal=Chinese Journal of Zoology |volume=51 |issue=3 |pages=347–352 |access-date=May 8, 2020}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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*Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. (2005). Hystricognathi. Pp 1538–1600 ''in'' Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.<br />
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