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Prehensile tailed porcupine

Sphiggurus mexicanus

Photo by KarenSaxton
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Small porcupine with short quills and a prehensile tail

Habitat:

National park

Notes:

On the first day of our trip we went to Poas Volcano. We didn't see the volcano, but this guy came ambling down the main path

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Paso Pacifico Survey
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PublishedDecember 27, 2011

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