Pictures and facts about the Hairy porcupines

Paraguay hairy dwarf porcupine	orange-spined hairy dwarf porcupine
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Hairy porcupines

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricognathi
Family : Erethizontidae
Genus : Sphiggurus

Facts about the genus Sphiggurus, the hairy porcupines

Sphiggurus The ecology of Sphiggurus is thought to be much like that of Coendou. (Full text)