All About Porcupines

Madison

About The Author My name is Madison I

like dance andsoftball.

I decided to do theporcupine becausethey have quills andthat is how they getpredators away.

Who I Am

My animal is aporcupine I am aHerbiuore myaverage life spand inthe wild is 5 to 7 yearsmy size: head andbody 25 to 36 in. tail 8to 10 in. I have softhair, but on their back,sides, and tail it isusually mixed withsharp quills.

The Early Years

Female porcupineshave between oneand four babies.Babies have softquills at birth, whichwill harden within afew days, most youngporcupines are readyto live an their own atabout two months ofage.

Habitat Sweet Habitat The porcupines are found

in North and SouthAmerica. They are goodclimbers and spend muchof their time in trees.Some porcupines evenhave prehensile (gripping)tails to aid in climbing.Other porcupines specieslive in Africa, Europe, andAsia. These animalsusually live on the groundand can inhabit deserts,grasslands, and forests.

What’s on the Menu

Porcupines eatnatural bark andsteams, an have beenknown to invadecamp grounds andchew on canoepaddles.

Making tracks

Porcupines tracksshow four toes on thefront foot and five adthe hind foot. Theheel pads have apebbly texture.Sometimes theporcupines tail dragsand leaves a markthat is visible piles atthe base of a treewere animals havebeen feeding.

Simply Irresistable

The porcupine is theprickliest of rodents,though it’s Latin namemean “quill pig”. Asingle porcupine mayhave 30,000 or morequills. North Americaporcupines use frontteeth to satisfy ahealthy appetite.

Were In The World

Porcupine live inNorth and SouthAmerica, Africa,Europe, and Asia.

Did you know Fun fact! Porcupines are rodents after capybara and

the Some porcupines eat beaver porcupines

are Grass, clovers at dusk the third largest rodent. The

French word for

porcupine is “thorny pig”

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