Porcupine

Baby and mother porcupines

Ash

Porcupines are a species of rodents which fall into the families Erethizontidae for the New World, and Hystricidae for the Old World.

Overview

Porcupines are known for their spines, called quills, which are used to protect against predators.

There are two types of porcupines:

• Old World porcupines - Any porcupine under the family Hystricidae which are found in Africa, south Europe, and India, and are similar to the capybara. North African porcupines are far larger than their American cousins.
• New World porcupines - Any porcupine under the family Erethizontidae, which are found in the Americas and are similar to beavers.

Porcupine in mainstream culture

• Ash (Illumination's Sing)
• Flaky (Mondo Media's Happy Tree Friends)
• Master Porcupine (DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda)
• Morkubine Porcupine (Disney's Chicken Little)
• Spike the Porcupine (Archie Comics's Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Penny, Lou, and their offspring Bucky, Quillo, and Spike (DreamWorks Animation's Over the Hedge)

Porcupines and furry

Porcupines are a very uncommon species in the furry fandom, the best known porcupine character is artist and animator Eric W. Schwartz's female porcupine, Holly.

See also

• Porcupine on Wikipedia
• Porcupine characters
• Hedgehog

External links

• Porcupine search results in DeviantArt
• Porcupine search results in Fur Affinity

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