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Portrait of crested porcupine close up.

Close up the malayan porcupine animal

Young porcupine in the Connecticut wilderness, winter

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Porcupine

This prickly porcupine takes a break from snacking to peer curiously into the lens of the camera.

porcupine on a pine tree

A Lone Porcupine in Oudtshoorn, South Africa

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

Close up the malayan porcupine animal

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

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

Porcupine in Wild Field

Wildlife Photography

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.

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Porcupine eatin high in a tree on a winter day

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.

A porcupine with sharp quills in its natural habitat, showing texture and detail, blending with the environment

The cute and cuddly echidna native to Australia. This one photographed in the wild in Tasmania, Australia

Wildlife Photography

Malayan porcupine

Porcupine and baby porcupine in the zoo.

African Porcupine spines closeup

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

Echidna in outdoors

Porcupine in a tree in the winter

Group of three MuskOx (Ovibos moschatus) walking in the tundra in Greenland near the Ice cap

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