Common porcupine

"The common porcupine is the largest of all the porcupine species in the world!"

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Common porcupineHystrix cristata

  • Food

    carrots, tubers, fruit and sometimes insects

  • Lifetime

    15 - 20 years

  • Weight

    10 - 30 kg

  • Number of youngsters

    1 to 4 youngsters

  • Wear time

    2 months

  • IUCN Status

    safe

  • EEP?

    no

  • 35

    cm, that's how long the spines are on my back and backside

  • 3

    weeks it takes at most for a young porcupine to start eating solid food. Before then, it drinks milk from its mother

  • 23

    different kinds of porcupines are there in the world

    • Family

    Common porcupines are monogamous. This means that a male and female stay together as a pair throughout their lives. Young often stay with their parents for a few years. A family group lives together in a large burrow underground.

    Long teeth

    I am a rodent. As with all rodents, my front teeth grow throughout my life. To keep them sharp, I regularly gnaw on bones of dead animals.

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