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North American Porcupine

Erethizon dorsatum

Photo by Cheryl Lee
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

This young porcupine spent most of the morning perched in an apple tree eating apples. You can see the nibbled upon apples still hanging from the branches.

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North American porcupine

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Wildlife of Northeastern USA
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2013

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