World Porcupine Day – July 02, 2022
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World Porcupine Day – Images and facts on one of the Old World Porcupine species by Cyril Brass
- (Hystrix cristata)
- Also called the Crested Porcupine
- African Crested Porcupines are common in sub-Saharan Africa, but can be found as far away as northern Africa and Italy.
- They do not throw their quills. The quills release on contact or shed off, and then regrow.
