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North American porcupine

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricognathi
Family : Erethizontidae
Species : Erethizon dorsatum

The North American Porcupine, also called the Canadian Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) is the second largest rodent on North American soil. The largest rodent in North America is the beaver. The North American Porcupine is part of the New World porcupines, which are much less nocturnal than the Old World porcupines. Still, they are most active at night and resting in trees during hot summer days... Its natural predators are Wolverines, Fishers and Coyotes.

Facts about the North American porcupine

Generally, North American Porcupines are arboreal and nocturnal, meaning they live primarily in trees .

organism North America Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum The North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) is the second largest of all rodents.

The porupine (Erethizon dorsatum) is a large tree-climbing rodent.

43 in) Erethizon dorsatum is the second largest rodent in North America, outsized only by beavers. (Full text)

North American porcupines are generally solitary, though two individuals may share a feeding tree and several individuals may share a den on a rotating basis. (Full text)

Generally, North American Porcupines are arboreal and nocturnal, meaning they live primarily in trees and are active mostly at night. (Full text)

The head of the North American Porcupine is small, and its body is arching and chunky. (Full text)

The North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum, is a large rodent that occurs in Alaska and Canada, as well as in much of the northern and western contiguous United States. (Full text)

The North American Porcupine is from the order Rodentia . (Full text)

North American porcupines are the largest members of the family of new world porcupines. (Full text)

The North American Porcupine is Canada's second largest rodent, after the Beaver. (Full text)

Erethizon dorsatum is generally nocturnal but occasionally forages during the day. (Full text)

The North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) is the largest species in the family, usually weighing less than 7 kg (15. (Full text)

The North American Porcupine is from the order Rodentia. (Full text)

The porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) is a slow-moving, docile rodent. (Full text)

Description The North American Porcupine is the second largest of all rodents. (Full text)

North American PorcupineThe North American Porcupine is a mammals that has protective, needle-like quills on its body. (Full text)

Diet: North American Porcupines are herbivores (plant-eaters) who eat leaves, bark, evergreen needles, buds, twigs, fruit, and salt. (Full text)

Printouts The North American Porcupine is a well-protected, plant-eating rodent that spends much of its time in trees, looking for food. (Full text)

Comments: North American porcupines are heavy bodied, yellowish-black rodents that move with a slow waddling gait. (Full text)

The porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) is the second largest among all rodents in North America. (Full text)

LIFE CYCLE/SOCIAL BEHAVIORNorth American Porcupines are arboreal and nocturnal, meaning they live primarily in trees and are active mostly at night. (Full text)

by Enchanted Learning The North American Porcupine is a well-protected, plant-eating rodent that spends much of its time in trees, looking for food. (Full text)

In Texas, Erethizon dorsatum is distributed throughout the western one-half of the state, east to Bosque County (Davis and Schmidly 1994). (Full text)