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Crested Porcupine

Hystrix cristata

Photo by Wendy Clapham
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Almost the entire body is covered with bristles which are either dark brown or black and rather coarse. This mammal is recognizable by the quills that run along the head, nape, and back that can be raised into a crest. Hence the name crested porcupine

Notes:

meet Porkchop, sadly he passed away last year :(

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Crested porcupine

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Comments (4)
Wendy Clapham
Don't know what happened to the poor chap, just heard from a friend in the film industry that would use him; she says he was very well mannered and a pleasure to work with!
Smith Zoo
aaah, what happened? He was amazing though!

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PublishedMarch 20, 2013

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