PROCUPINES
Mammal          -        Vertebrate         -      Herbivore

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AFRICAN CRESTED PORCUPINE

Porcupines ...

• Also known as 'Quill Pigs'
  
• Has about 30,000 quills on its back, sides and tail
  
• Have a coat of sharp spines, or quills
  
• Eats leaves, twigs and green plants
  
• In the winter they eat bark
  
• Have poor eyesight but excellent sense of smell
  
• When not in the trees, they prefer the protection of a den
  
• Dens can be found in caves, hollow logs, under houses and barns
  
• Mostly nocturnal
  
• Can float

There are 30 species of porcupine

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Male   .....................................  Boar
Female  ..................................  Sow
Young  ....................................  Porcupettes.  Pups

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SIMILE
As prickly as a porcupine

COLLECTIVE NOUNS

1. A family of porcupines
2. A prickle of porcupines
   

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AFRICAN CRESTED PORCUPINES

MALAYAN PORCUPINE

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