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North American Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum The Porcupine, is a quill-bearing rodent (Order Rodentia) of the families Erethizontidae (New World) and Hystricidae (Old World). The North American Porcupine, best known of the New World species, is a heavyset, short-legged, slow-moving rodent that is usually solitary, nocturnal, herbivorous, and spends much of its time in trees. The Porcupine's barbed quills detach easily and ...

BACK Common Mammal Species of Northwestern Ontario BIRDS FISHES REPTILES INSECTS Erethizon dorsatum Porcupine Description Distinguishing Features - Overall colouration, glossy yellowy-brown, darker on back. Back and tail covered with thousands of sharp-pointed quills. Legs, short. Size - .6 - .9 m (2 - 3 ft) Habitat Widespread throughout Northwestern Ontario, in mixedwood forests, preferring pine habitats. Diet Mainly a herbivor, the porcupine's diet co ...

BIOMES KEY Animal List Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum General Information The porcupine is a mammal. It lives in North America, Africa and South America. The porcupine lives in the forests of North America . It also inhabits wooded areas from Alaska and Canada southward to the western United States . It grows to about 3 ft (1 meter). It has long, brownish or blackish hairs, and is woolly underneath the fur. It has long soft hairs and stiff quills on its back and on the side of the tail. It's ...