Porcupine Size
Size of Porcupine
Weight | 5.4-16kg (12-35lbs) | ||
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Lifespan | 8-12 years | ||
Maximum speed | 2 mph |
The Porcupine is a member of the chordata, It is a mammal that raises the next generation with female breast milk. In taxonomy, its phylum is Chordata, the class is Mammalia, and it belongs to the order Rodentia.
The Porcupine belonged to the family Erethizontidae, mainly distributed in Asia, Central-America, Eurasia, Europe, North-America, South-America. They like to live in dense forests and grassland, and solitary is their life style.Their skin type is spikes, and their bodies have multiple colors, mainly brown, grey, yellow, black. it likes to eat roots the most. In addition, roots, leaves, berries are also foods that it often preys.Their main predators are owl, eagles, wolves.
If we use one sentence to describe the Porcupine, it is "There are 30 different species worldwide!".