Porcupines : By: Shirley

Appearance

• They weigh up to 18 kg.

• They can get as big as one meter long.

Range of porcupines. Porcupines live in North America.

Appearance

Porcupines live four to ten years.

They’re part of the rodent family.

Appearance

• They have quills everywhere except their face and legs.

• They have a smooth undercoat.

Habitat

• Dangerous things can happen like forest fires ,and they can die in them.

• They die on the road by cars.

Habitat

• They spend lots of time in trees.

• They live in a den and sometimes share a den.

Diet

• They eat bark.• They are herbivores.• They chew noisily and

they chew bones and old antlers.

Diet

• They eat plants.

• They are herbivores.

Predators

• If a red fox, dog, wolves, cougars, and bears try to hurt them they’ll use their quills.

They hide in dark

places that are shady to hide from predators.

Predators

• If dogs try hurting a porcupine the porcupine puts it’s quills up at them.

Offspring

• Their quills are hidden with hair.

• They are born with soft quills.

Offspring

In spring babies are born with teeth and are born in a rock pile or a log stump.

They drink milk from their mom.

Adaptations

They have a good sense of smell and use their tail as a weapon.

They have a muscular tail.

Adaptations

They use their claws for digging.

They use their claws for feeding.

Adaptations

• They have long curved claws.

Special Characteristics

• They can have about 30 000 quills.

• Their quills can be eight centimeters long.

Special Characteristics

• Their quills are filled with air.

• Their quills help them float in the water.

Summary

• They use their quills to protect themselves.

• They are amazing animals and live in Canada.

Summary

• They move very slowly.

• That’s all the things I learned about porcupines.