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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]
The North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), also known as the Canadian porcupine, is a large quill-covered rodent in the New World porcupine family. It is the second largest rodent in North America after the North American beaver ( Castor canadensis ).
This porcupine has a short tail which has rattle quills at the end. The rattle quills broaden at the terminal end and the broad portion is hollow with thin walls. When these quills are vibrated, they produce a hiss-like rattle. The front feet of the crested porcupine have four developed and clawed digits with a regressed thumb, the rear feet ...
The latter species, the African brush-tailed porcupine, is often hunted for its meat. [8] Trichys, the last genus, contains one species, the long-tailed porcupine (T. fasciculata) of Borneo. This species is externally very similar to Atherurus, but differs from the members of that genus in many cranial characteristics.
The porcupine and porcupette were introduced to one another, and immediately began to bond. “After overcoming her fears and challenges, our brave little one found a new friend in a porcupine who ...
The New World porcupines, family Erethizontidae, are large arboreal rodents, ... Characteristics. New World porcupines are stout animals, with blunt, rounded heads ...
Some porcupines quills will rattle if shaken, providing predators with a warning before getting poked. But my favorite porcupine fact has to do with the babies.
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