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  2. Crested porcupine - Wikipedia

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    The crested porcupine is a terrestrial mammal; it very seldom climbs trees, but can swim. It is nocturnal and monogamous. The crested porcupine takes care of the young for an extended period, and small family groups consist of the adult pair and young of various ages.

  3. Porcupine - Wikipedia

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    Porcupines vary in size considerably: Rothschild's porcupine of South America weighs less than a kilogram (2.2 lb); the crested porcupine found in Italy, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa can grow to well over 27 kg (60 lb).

  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. 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.

  6. Indian crested porcupine - Wikipedia

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    The Indian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica) is a hystricomorph rodent species native to southern Asia and the Middle East. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List . It belongs to the Old World porcupine family, Hystricidae.

  7. List of rodents - Wikipedia

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    1.2 Family Diatomyidae. 1.3 Family Bathyergidae. 1.4 Family Heterocephalidae. ... Hystrix africaeaustralis - Cape porcupine; Hystrix cristata - Crested porcupine;

  8. 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. ... “The whole family have spent the last month doting on the new arrival, which has made it tricky to get a clear ...

  9. List of mammals of Tanzania - 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 ...