#crested porcupines

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Although adult crested porcupines aren't anything to mess with, they don't start out that way! Baby porcupines, also known as porcupettes, are born with soft quills. These quills harden over the next several hours, and by the time they're a day old each porcupette is well equipped to defend themself against predators-- though they won't venture out of their den for another week or so.

Image: A mother cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis) along with her two porcupettes, by the London Zoo)

#crested porcupines #Rodentia #Hystricidae #old world porcupines #porcupines #rodents #mammals #uncharismatic facts

[antiqueanimals]

Hystrix cristata. Struik Pocket Guides for South Africa: Mammals. Written by John Skinner. Illustrated by Penny Meakin. 1988.

Internet Archive

#mammals #rodents #porcupines #crested porcupines #Penny Meakin

[mapsontheweb]

Distribution of the Crested Porcupine - the largest Porcupine species in the World

#maps #crested porcupine #range

[aticketplz]

ブチギレながらごはん食べてるヤマアラシ。担当以外のスタッフさんがくるとこうなるらしいです。注射のときに押さえつける係とかしか接点がない人はめちゃくちゃ嫌われるらしい。「あいつがくるとよくないことが起こる」と思うんだって🤣ここのスタッフさんたちはいろいろ教えてくれて楽しい。

@伊豆アニマルキングダム

He was eating his food in a rage. His back is saying just that. It seems that staff other than the Porcupine caretaker provoke this reaction when they approach. People who only have contact when restraining for injections are especially disliked. 'Bad things happen when that person comes!' Despite the dedication of all the staff, it's a bit pitiful 😂 The staff's talk at this zoo is so informative and fun.

@Izu Animal Kingdom

#伊豆アニマルキングダム #Hystrix cristata #African porcupine #porcupine #Crested porcupine #アフリカタテガミヤマアラシ #ヤマアラシ #タテガミヤマアラシ #mammal

[arthistoryanimalia]

#WorldCoatiDay: a South American Coati in Louis XIV’s royal menagerie!

1. Pieter Boel (Flemish, 1622-1674), Fouine et Coati, c.1669-71, oil on canvas

2. Detail of the same coati (with African Crested Porcupine) in a tapestry: The Months or the Royal Houses, July, Vincennes; Charles Le Brun (designer) and Gobelins Factory (manufacturer), France, c.1676-80 (Boel’s studies were used as models for the animals in these tapestries)

#animals in art #animal holiday #european art #coati #South American coati #World Coati Day #painting #oil painting #tapestry #textiles #Pieter Boel #Flemish art #French art #17th century art #Charles Le Brun #Gobelins Factory #porcupine #African Crested Porcupine

[blackbackedjackal]

I love getting skulls from species I've never seen irl before because yo what the fuck lmao

#the forbidden angle #vulture culture #nothing prepares you for the first time you see a new animal #it's an African Crested Porcupine #jackal's journal #jackaldermy #skull

[polarwooly]

Thistle and Rancor in Hell, 2022, colorized

#girfugol #griffon #fun times in rp last week #gryphus #dromaeus #balaur bondoc #giant koala #african crested porcupine #starling #shrike #coyote #utahraptor #thylacoleo #zodiolestes #falcarius #dante and virgil

[yanoharuhito]

hey. don't cry. porcupettes

#porcupines #african crested porcupine #prehensile tailed porcupine #north american porcupine

[lyricalporcupine]

🎵And knowing you’re in love with me Is the greatest gift of all 🎵

#porcupine scribbles #beauyasha #beauregard lionett #yasha nydoorin #winter's crest #christmas #critical role #crit role #cr fanart #i had forgotten about this #i did it last month but wanted to wait to post it #oops lol

[little-lost-canary]

A big sonic sketchbook dump. I have an overly complicated AU for all of my childhood favorites so preemptive apologies if text takes up a lot of any given page

#ghost art #sonic fanart #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #silver the hedgehog #some parts of that au are #there is a bunch of funny reasons why they are crayon colored #there is more than one blaze #sonic is mute but has a lot of personality #silver is gotta be like part porcupine because of his funky little weed crest #I mean he’s gotta #he’s really gotta

[oneanimalpictureaday]

Crested porcupine.

Fact from the African Wildlife Foundation: The word porcupine means “quill pig” in Latin; however, porcupines are large rodents and have no relation to pigs. Porcupines are the largest and heaviest of all African rodents. The head is roundish and rather domed, with a blunt muzzle and small eyes and ears. The legs are short and sturdy, and each foot has five toes, all equipped with powerful claws. Their most recognizable feature is, of course, its quills. Quill length varies on different parts of the body, ranging from 2.5 to 30.5 centimeters (1 to 12 inches). Usually, the quills lie flat against the body, but if danger threatens, they raise and spread them. Scales on quill tips lodge in the skin like fishhooks and are difficult to pull out. New quills grow in to replace lost ones.

#porcupine #crested porcupine #rodent #rodents #mammals

[antiqueanimals]

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, vol. 11, Mammals II. 1972. Illustrated by Peter Barrett.

1.) Sumatran porcupine (Hystrix sumatrae)

2.) Crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata)

3.) Himalayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura)

#rodents #porcupines #sumatran porcupines #crested porcupines #himalayan porcupines #Peter Barrett

[amigoamikaaa]

🦔東武動物公園で一目惚れ

#動物イラスト #ヤマアラシ #porcupine #crested porcupine

[aticketplz]

大根かな？

@遊亀公園附属動物園

#遊亀公園附属動物園 #アフリカタテガミヤマアラシ #Crested porcupine #porcubine #African porcupine #African crested porcupine #ヤマアラシ #mammal

[hyenabrainedpup]

Can we have a picture of Nala the beast that you finally tamed?

She's certainly not tame but she was quite sweet today <33 only tried to stab me twice

#ignore my silly baby talking #i love my lil guys #african crested porcupines #noko is a lil spiky doggy #touched her lil head and she didn't run away

[ganymedesclock]

Dusting off some Sonic OC designs to try and remind myself that I know how to draw

Blank seems to be mutating into some sort of Sonicverse bishonen which is funny considering my concept for him is that he is actually really annoying

#Sonic fancharacter #Blank the Crested Porcupine #Red the Giant Salamander #Ganymede Art Tag