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African crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata), or crested porcupine, at South Africa's Tswalu Private Game Reserve in the Kalahari desert.

porcupine on a pine tree

The nocturnal Cape porcupine or South African porcupine, (Hystrix africaeaustralis) at night with quills erect. Botswana

A young Porcupine pauses on a fallen log in a woods in Montana.

A Lone Porcupine in Oudtshoorn, South Africa

Malayan porcupine

Porcupine animal standing in the garden

Porcupine in Wild Field

The crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata) also known as the African crested porcupine, is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae found in Italy, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa. This one was photographed at Tswalu Game Reserve in the Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

Young porcupine in the Connecticut wilderness, winter

Spiky Indian Crested Porcupine ((Hystrix indica) standing on Sandy Ground.

African Porcupine spines closeup

Alert Cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis) with erect quills, South Africa

Crested Lark in the middle of the frame consisting of bushes. Yellow tones dominate

porcupine prickly animal with needles on its back, a resident of the zoo, Ukraine.

Wild porcupine in the beautiful dramatic alpine scenery of Denali National Park Alaska, USA

Two porcupine, one an albino, fast asleep in warm winter sunshine at a wildlife park near Oudtshoorn, Western Cape South Africa

European Hedgehog At Night

Long-eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus) searching for food at night in natural desert habitats, Southern Kazakhstan

Porcupine feeding in the desert.

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The North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) is the second largest rodent in North America, after the North American Beaver (Castor canadensis). The porcupine is distinguished by its coat of about 30,000 quills that covers all of its body except underbelly, face and feet. The quills are sharp, barbed and hollow hairs that are used primarily for defense and insulation. When used for defense, the quills can lodge in the flesh of a victim and are difficult and painful to remove. The porcupine’s summer diet includes twigs, roots, stems, berries, and other vegetation. In the winter, they mainly eat conifer needles and tree bark. Porcupines are a slow-moving creature with poor distance vision. They are nocturnal, spending their days resting in trees. The porcupine does not hibernate in winter, preferring to stay close and sleep in their dens. This porcupine was photographed in the woods near Williams, Arizona, USA.

porcupine close-up sleeping in the shade

Young porcupine climbing rock in the Connecticut wilderness at dusk, winter. Almost hugging the rock, it looks like a cute little bear, but you wouldn't want to get too close.

Cape porcupine or South African porcupine ( Hystrix africaeaustralis ) in a zoo with white spines and

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The different actions of the malayan porcupine during the day

Taken in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

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