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[26] [27] [28] In many cases, injury or even death may occur in the predator from embedded porcupine quills even if they are successful in dispatching the porcupine. [29] [30] The North American porcupine is most at risk from the fisher (Pekania pennanti), the male of which may sometimes exceed a mass of 5.5 kg (12 lb). Fishers have two ...
A porcupine's colouring aids in part of its defence as most of the predators are nocturnal and colour-blind. A porcupine's markings are black and white. The dark body and coarse hair of the porcupine are dark brown/black and when quills are raised, present a white strip down its back mimicking the look of a skunk.
Predators of the Indian crested porcupine include large cats, [22] [23] caracals, wolves, striped hyenas, Asian wild dogs, Saltwater crocodiles [24] and humans. [19] When excited or scared, a porcupine stands its quills up to appear larger. [4]
They are common throughout northeastern and midwestern North America and have few predators, due to their protective quills. Porcupines are vegetarians who live in conifer and deciduous forests ...
Porcupines can use their quills to fend off predators. They are nocturnal creatures that are found in forests, grasslands, desert shrub and tundra in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
"Unfortunately, the decline in porcupines is a bit of a mystery and we are hoping to start working on it soon within the FWP Nongame Program," explained Torrey Ritter, non-game Wildlife Biologist ...
Fishers are one of the few predators that seek out and kill porcupines. Stories in popular literature indicate that fishers can flip a porcupine onto its back and "scoop out its belly like a ripe melon". [29] This was identified as an exaggerated misconception as early as 1966. [30]
The brush-tailed porcupine has many native predators: leopards, large raptors and snakes; however, humans are their most prominent and constant predators. The brush-tailed porcupine is hunted in such large quantities, many in those areas fear that it is no longer a sustainable option.