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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. 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]

  4. Old World porcupine - Wikipedia

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    The crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata), a typical representative of the Old World porcupines, occurs throughout the south of Europe and North and West Africa. It is replaced in southern and central Africa by the Cape porcupine, H. africaeaustralis, and in India by the Malayan porcupine (H. brachyura) and Indian (crested) porcupine (H. indica).

  5. North American porcupine - Wikipedia

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    When porcupines are mating, they tighten their skin and hold their quills flat, so as not to injure each other. Mating may occur repeatedly until the female loses interest and climbs back into the tree. The North American porcupine has a long gestation period relative to other rodents, an average of 202 days. [38]

  6. 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]

  7. Baby porcupine born in front of ‘excited’ visitors ... - AOL

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    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 ...

  8. 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.

  9. Harry Styles Holds Off Porcupine Tree For U.K. Chart Title

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    Veteran prog-rock outfit Porcupine Tree enjoys a career high with "Closure / Continuation" (Music For Nations), their 11th studio album.