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Prickly porcupine is sitting in the protection pose and watching in grass in the field in summer.

Quillbert the Porcupine crossing the road

Porcupine Close Up (Canada)

Porcupine in Wild Field

North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), also known as Canadian Porcupine or Common Porcupine, is a large rodent in the New World porcupine family. This animal is usually found in coniferous and mixed forested areas in Canada, Alaska and much of the northern and western United States.

3D rendering of a crested porcupine or Hystrix cristata isolated on white background

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

A young North American porcupine - Erethizon dorsatum - climbs a tree looking for food, and ultimately settles into gnawing on pine bark. Porcupines do not throw their quills, but the quills detach easily and the barbs make them very difficult to remove. When threatened they swing their tails at their attackers. Their downfall can be a cunning predator that maneuvers the animal onto its back, exposing its unprotected underside. Porcupines are nearsighted and slow-moving through forest tree. They have a natural antibiotic in their skin cells that prevents infection when they fall from a tree and self-inflict their own quills. This occurs fairly often because they prefer the tender shoots and end branches that don't support their weight well. Flagstaff, Arizona, 2013.

North American Porcupine (Erethizon Dorsatum), also known as the Canadian Porcupine or common porcupine, with yellow green coat of quills standing in low branches of pine forest

North American Porcupine , Juvenile

Porcupine in a Zoo in Prague, the Czech Republic. Large Porcupine, Common Porcupine. Close up of a big porcupine.

North American Porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum, in the snow, near Haines, Alaska.

Porcupine spines or quills closeup

African Porcupine spines closeup

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.

Close-up of North American Porcupine standing looking at camera

The North American Porcupine is second largest rodents in Alaska - first being the beaver. This photo was taken while wandering in a wooded area close to my neighborhood. As you can see, the quills are spiny and protrude from its fur- it is best to keep your distance.

Bristles of a porcupine in close-up. Hystricidae.

Portraits of this pet loving young woman who is holding her pet hedgehog. Shot inside a home in Portland Oregon.

Closeup low angle cute funny portrait of north amercian porcupine

Two young Asian women are taking a closer look on African Crested Porcupine during weekend outing at petting zoo in Malaysia.

Porcupine wanders along a dirt country road

Porcupine Close Up in the Saskatchewan Prairies

Porcupine with a back filled with spiny quills.

A porcupine walking on a log in a forest setting, with soft sunlight filtering through the trees

the Porcupine (Hystricidae) is a rodent with quills

Two Porcupines

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