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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 ).
All About the Native Porcupine. Native porcupines are the second largest rodent in North America, second only to beavers. They are about two or three feet long, and weigh between ten and thirty ...
The word porcupine comes from the Latin porcus ' pig ' + spina ' spine, quill ', from Old Italian porcospino, ' thorn-pig '. [4] [5] A regional American name for the animal is quill-pig. [6] A baby porcupine is a porcupette. When born, a porcupette's quills are soft hair; they harden within a few days, forming the sharp quills of adults. [7]
A baby porcupine was born about a month ago at the Bronx Zoo, and it has recently made its public debut in the renovated Bronx Zoo puts adorable baby porcupine on display Skip to main content
The North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) is the only extant species, but at least 4 extinct relatives are known, the oldest dating to the Late Pliocene. [2] Porcupines entered North America during the Great American Interchange after the Isthmus of Panama rose 3 million years ago. [3]
On July 30, Guillermo, a prehensile-tailed porcupine baby — otherwise known as a porcupette — was born to mom Quinn and dad Seamus. Choto, the Milwaukee County Zoo's newest snow leopard, gets ...
Porcupine (North American) (Erethizon dorsatum) 113 [5] Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) 270 [5] Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) 246 [2] Puma (Puma concolor) 90
A porcupine gave birth in front of “excited visitors” at London Zoo. Keepers released the first images on Thursday of the baby cape porcupine – known as a porcupette – who was born to ...