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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]
Pelvic fin of a Java barb, a ray-finned fish The short fin spines on a coelacanth, a lobe-finned fish A lionfish, with venomous spines The stinger on a stingray's tail. Spines are found in the fins of most bony fishes, particularly actinopterygians (ray-finned fishes), who have folding fan-like fin made of spreading bony spines called lepidotrichia or "rays" covered by thin stretches of skin.
The porcupine's scientific name, Erethizon dorsatum, can be loosely translated as "the animal with the irritating back". Native American terms for it include the Lakota name pahin meaning quill, [ 10 ] the Ho-Chunk name waxąhį , and the Chipewyan name ts'l .
During recovery, the porcupine was kept with other animals in a familiar environment, which should make his transition back home much easier. RELATED: American Humane Association's dog hero's
The hedgehog's back contains two large muscles that direct the quills. Some light-weight desert hedgehog species with fewer spines are more likely to flee or attack, ramming an intruder with the spines, rolling up only as a last resort. Hedgehogs are primarily nocturnal, with some species also active during the day. Hedgehogs sleep for a large ...
This species primarily dwells in salt water reefs. The average adult weighs 2–7 pounds (0.9 – 3 kg) and may reach 1 m (3 feet) in length. Quillback rockfish are named for the sharp, venomous quills or spines on the dorsal fin. Their mottled orange-brown coloring allows them to blend in with rocky bottom reefs.
Life on Earth would be so dull without animals. Lucky for us, there are more than 8 million different species of them on the planet, many of which we might never encounter in our lifetime. From ...
The longest quills are located on the neck and shoulder, where the quills form a "skirt" around the animal. [4] These quills can grow up to 51 cm (20 in) long, [4] with most measuring between 15 and 30 cm (5.9 and 11.8 in). [5] Smaller (20 cm) and more rigid quills are packed densely on the back and rump. [4]