Directory of Erethizontidae Resources

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Animal family consisting of New World porcupines.

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• African Brush-tailed Porcupine - Wikipedia

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Brush-tailed_Porcupine
  Description of Atherurus africanus, which is one of the biggest rodents found on the continent.

• AWF: Porcupine

  http://www.awf.org/wildlife-conservation/porcupine
  Factsheet with photographs, physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, diet, predators and threats.

• Family Erethizontidae (New World Porcupines)

  http://animaldiversity.org/site/accounts/information/Erethizontidae.html
  Description of this family of rodents, consisting of four genera and twelve species found in the Americas.

• North American Porcupine

  http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/mar/papr/porcupine.html
  Photograph and information on this species including its description, behavior and life cycle.

• North American Porcupine - Erethizon dorsatum

  http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/porcupine.htm
  Illustrated introduction to the species, including its characteristics, range, habitat, diet, life cycle, and behavior.

• Porcupine

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcupine
  Wikipedia provides details of the Old World family Hystricidae and the New World family Erethizontidae.

• Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/eretdors.htm
  Description, photo, habits, and distribution in Texas.

• Porcupine - Erethizon dorsatum

  http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/wilderness/animals/porcup.htm
  Photo, description, biological information, and drawings and description of this animal's tracks.

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