North American porcupine
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The North American porcupine, also known as the Canadian porcupine, is a large quill-covered rodent in the New World porcupine family. It is the second largest rodent in North America after the North
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Juvenile male spends its first winters with its mother
E. d. dorsatum, resting in a tree, Ottawa, Ontario
North American porcupine at Long Lake Conservation Center in Palisade, Minnesota
Caviomorpha
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Caviomorpha is the rodent parvorder that unites all New World hystricognaths. It is supported by both fossil and molecular evidence. The Caviomorpha was for a time considered to be a separate order ou
North American porcupine
…New World porcupine family. It is the second largest rodent in North America after the North American beaver (Castor canadensis). The porcupine is a caviomorph rodent whose ancestors were believed to have crossed the Atlantic from Africa to Brazil 30 million years ago, and then migrated to North America during the…
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