North American Porcupine
Erethizon dorsatum
ID Notes 6
The North American Porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum, is a large species of rodent. The beaver is the only rodent in North America that is larger than the North American porcupine. Porcupines are easily identified by their quills. A porcupine may have as many as 30,000 quills. The quills are hairs with barbed tips on the ends. The porcupine has quills on all parts of its body except the stomach. The longest quills are on the rump. Porcupines are black to brownish-yellow in color and have strong, short legs. They have a round body, small ears and a small head. Porcupines are excellent climbers and are often seen in trees. Porcupines are common in the southern portion of WNY, but are rare in Northern Erie and Niagara Counties. However, porcupines have occasionally been seen in the area and could occur on our cameras.
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- Adaptado por Robin Foster de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erethizon_dorsatum
