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  2. Crested porcupine - Wikipedia

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    Most of what is known about reproduction in the crested porcupine comes from individuals in captivity. Usually, female crested porcupines have one litter every year. One or two well developed young are born in a chamber within the burrow that is usually lined with grass, after on average a 66-day gestation period. The young weigh about 1,000 g ...

  3. Indian crested porcupine - Wikipedia

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    The Indian crested porcupine is a large rodent, weighing 11–18 kg (24–40 lb). [2] The body (from nose to base of the tail) measures between 70 and 90 cm (28 and 35 in) with the tail adding an additional 8–10 cm (3.1–3.9 in). [3]

  4. Porcupine - Wikipedia

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    Porcupine guard hair headdress made by native peoples from Sonora displayed at the Museo de Arte Popular in Mexico City. Porcupines are seldom eaten in Western culture but are eaten often in Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam, where the prominent use of them as a food source has contributed to declines in porcupine populations. [19] [20] [21]

  5. List of mammals of Lebanon - Wikipedia

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    Yellow-necked mouse European ground squirrel Indian crested porcupine. Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara can weigh up to 45 kg (99 lb).

  6. Hystrix (mammal) - Wikipedia

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    Hystrix is a genus of porcupines containing most of the Old World porcupines. Fossils belonging to the genus date back to the late Miocene of Africa. [1] Hystrix (from Ancient Greek ὕστριξ (hústrix, “porcupine”) was given name by the 18th-century Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus.

  7. List of rodents - Wikipedia

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    Atherurus macrourus - Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine; Genus Hystrix. Subgenus Acanthion. Hystrix brachyura - Malayan porcupine; Hystrix javanica - Sunda porcupine; Subgenus Hystrix. Hystrix africaeaustralis - Cape porcupine; Hystrix cristata - Crested porcupine; Hystrix indica - Indian porcupine; Subgenus Thecurus. Hystrix crassispinis - Thick ...

  8. List of mammals of Uganda - Wikipedia

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    Family: Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) Genus: Atherurus. African brush-tailed porcupine, Atherurus africanus LC; Genus: Hystrix. Cape porcupine, Hystrix africaeaustralis LC; Crested porcupine, Hystrix cristata LC; Family: Thryonomyidae (cane rats) Genus: Thryonomys. Lesser cane rat, Thryonomys gregorianus LC; Greater cane rat, Thryonomys ...

  9. Cape porcupine - Wikipedia

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    Indian porcupines are almost the same size on average as well, being slightly heavier on average than crested porcupine but slightly lighter than Cape porcupines. [5] [6] Cape porcupines measure 63 to 81 centimetres (25 to 32 inches) long from the head to the base of the tail, with the tail adding a further 11–20 centimetres (4.3–7.9 inches ...