The Malayan porcupine is a nocturnal rodent with long spines on its back. It occurs in forests of mainland Southeast Asia, Sumatra and Borneo.
It has a stout body, short limbs and a short tail. Its rear back spines are the longest and have black and white bands.
It is active at night and eats fruit, roots and stems. It excavates burrows where it spends the day.
It may spend the day in a deep burrow.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.