Quick facts

Lifespan

15 Years

Diet

Green trees, bones and insects

Habitat

Live on lands and under the roots of tree.

Range

This porcupine ranges from parts of eastern India and southern China, through Burma, Thailand and Indochina (Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam) to Peninsular Malaysia

The brush-tailed porcupine has a long, rat -like body covered in quills which are shorter and not as conspicuous as those on Malayan Porcupine. It also has a prominent tuft of bristles at the tip of its tail.