Porcupine
The pigs-épics are rodent which are divided into two families, the Hystricidae and the Erethizontidae, the latter originating in the American continents. Their peeling of hairs and prickles protects them from the predatory ones. They are long from 60 to 70 cm of the muzzle to the tail and are held like a Ours, the plant of the foot posed firmly on the ground. Of solitary nature, short-sighted, they limits to them Social life with the needs for the reproduction and, sometimes, with the division of the vegetation, them food. They are among the largest rodents of the world after the Capybara (also called cabiai), the Canadian beaver and the paca ( Agouti paca ).
Habitat
The species of America, Erethizon dorsatum , adapts without problem to the boreal areas, where its distribution extends until the limit from the trees. Sometimes it penetrates the inhabited areas because, one thinks, it seeks Sodium which it finds there in the form of salt left by perspiration. The porcupine takes a maximum form of 0,5 km/h
Species
A species of South America weighs less than one kilo whereas much reaches 20 kg. Those of America are often the excellent climbing ones with the trees and their prickles are individualized (and not in tufts).
Close families
- ORDER RODENTIA
- Sousordre Sciurognathi: approximately 1750 species including the squirrels, the rats, mouse and well of others.
- Sousordre Hystricognatha including/understanding species close to the two families of pig-épics
- Family Thryonomyidae: rats of cane
- Family Petromuridae: Rat Dassie
- Family Bathyergidae: mole-rats African
- Family Hydrochaeridae:
- Famille Caviidae will capybara: cavies
- Family Dasyproctidae: agoutis and acouchis
- Family Chinchillidae: chinchillas and allied
- Family Ctenomyidae: tuco-tucos
- Family Myocastoridae: Coypu
- Family Octodontidae: octodonts
- Family Ctenodactylidae: gundis
- Family Hystricidae ( to see below)
- Family Erethizontidae ( to see below)
Family Hystricidae
They are the pig-épics of the old world
- Porc-épic with tail out of African brush, Atherurus africanus
- Porc-épic with tail out of Asian brush, Atherurus macrourus
- African Porc-épic, Hystrix cristata
- Porc-épic of the course, Hystrix africaeaustralis
- Porc-épic hymalayan, Hystrix hodgsoni
- Indian Porc-épic, Hystrix indicus
- Malayan Porc-épic, Hystrix will brachyura
- Porc-épic of Borneo, Thecurus crassispinis
- Porc-épic of Filipino, Thecurus pumilis
- Porcupine of Sumatra, Thecurus sumatrae
- Porcupine with the long tail, Trichys fasciculata
Family Erethizontidae
They are the pig-épics of the new world
- Brazilian Porc-épic, Coendou prehensilis
- Porc-épic with two-tone prickles, Coendou bicolor
- Porc-épic of Koopman, Coendou koopmani
- Porc-épic of Rothschild, Coendou rothschildi
- Porc-épic of Mexican tree, Sphiggurus mexicanus
- Porc-épic of American southern tree, Sphiggurus spinosus
- dwarf Porc-épic bulky of Bahia, Sphiggurus insidiosus
- dwarf Porc-épic bulky pallid, Sphiggurus pallidus (extinct)
- dwarf Porc-épic with the brown prickles, Sphiggurus vestitus
- dwarf Porcupine bulky with the orange prickles, Sphiggurus villosus
- Porcupine of North America, Erethizon dorsatum
- Porcupine with tail in stock, Echinoprocta rufescens
See too
External bonds
- Porcupine of South Africa
- hard Tare & Indian porcupine, the review of Teheran
Video:
- Porcupine running during the night.
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