The thick-spined porcupine (Hystrix crassispinis) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. It is endemic to the island of Borneo and found in...

Hystrix Cape porcupine (H. africaeaustralis) Crested porcupine (H. cristata) Indian porcupine (H. indica) Subgenus Thecurus Thick-spined porcupine (H. crassispinis)...

(brachyura) hodgsoni Sunda porcupine, Hystrix javanica Sumatran porcupine, Hystrix (Thecurus) sumatrae Thick-spined porcupine, Hystrix (Thecurus) crassispinis...

crestless porcupine Hystrix javanica - Sunda porcupine Subgenus Thecurus Hystrix crassispinis - thick-spined porcupine Hystrix pumila - Philippine porcupine Hystrix...

The crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata), also known as the African crested porcupine, is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae native to Italy...

The Malayan porcupine or Himalayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. Three subspecies are extant in South...

The Indian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica) is a hystricomorph rodent species native to southern Asia and the Middle East. It is listed as Least Concern...

New World porcupines are stout animals, with blunt, rounded heads, fleshy, mobile snouts, and coats of thick, cylindrical or flattened spines. The "quills"...

The Cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis), Cape crested porcupine or South African porcupine, is a species of Old World porcupine native to central...

The Philippine porcupine or Palawan porcupine (Hystrix pumila) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) endemic to the island...

The brush-tailed porcupines are a genus, Atherurus, of Old World porcupines found in Asia and Africa. The brush-tailed porcupines have bodies covered in...

The Brazilian porcupine (Coendou prehensilis) is a porcupine found in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Peru, Paraguay...

North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), also known as the Canadian porcupine, is a large quill-covered rodent in the New World porcupine family. It...

The African brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus africanus) is a species of rat-like Old World porcupine, indigenous to a broad belt of Africa ranging from...

The Sunda porcupine also known as Javan porcupine (Hystrix javanica) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Due...

The Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus macrourus) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. It is found in China, Bhutan, India, Laos,...

Long-tailed porcupines are commonly black or brown in colour while their underbody is usually white. The short dark brown flattened spines with white base...

hairs, with a spongy center covered in a thick, hard layer of keratin and a sharp, sometimes barbed tip. Spines in mammals include the prickles of hedgehogs...

The Sumatran porcupine (Hystrix sumatrae) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. It is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where it...

Thecurus Hystrix crassispinis - Thick-spined porcupine Hystrix pumila - Philippine porcupine Hystrix sumatrae - Sumatran porcupine Genus Trichys Trichys fasciculata...

Trichys fasciculata, long-tailed porcupine Hystrix brachyura, common porcupine Hystrix crassispinis, thick-spined porcupine Balaenoptera musculus, blue whale...

Malayan porcupine Thick-spined porcupine Crested porcupine Indian crested porcupine Sunda porcupine Sumatran porcupine Long-tailed porcupine Bennett's...

spine. However, an adult ray can still defend itself ably with the many large, sharp thorns found over its disc and tail. The diet of the porcupine ray...

and especially porcupines. In porcupines, the cuticular scales are elongate and form barbs that make it difficult to remove imbedded spines. G. A. Feldhamer...

Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) Genus: Hystrix Thick-spined porcupine, Hystrix crassispinis LR/nt Genus: Trichys Long-tailed porcupine, Trichys fasciculata...

World porcupines) Genus: Atherurus Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine, Atherurus macrourus LC Genus: Hystrix Malayan porcupine, H. brachyura LC Thick-spined porcupine...

scorpion or a tail covered in venomous spines similar to porcupine quills. There are some accounts that the spines can be launched like arrows. It eats...

Acanthion is a subgenus of Old World porcupines in the genus Hystrix. It contains two species, H. javanica and H. brachyura, the smaller species with comparatively...

porcupines) Genus: Atherurus Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine, A. macrourus LC Genus: Hystrix Malayan porcupine, H. brachyura LC Thick-spined porcupine...

by their spines, which are hollow hairs made stiff with keratin. Their spines are not poisonous or barbed and, unlike the quills of a porcupine, do not...