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Fun fact: Porcupine are not to be messed with and watch your dogs around them. They get messed up badly.

The crested porcupine, also known as the African crested porcupine, is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae native to Italy, North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. Wikipedia

Size: 24 to 36 inches long oregonzoo.org

Mass: 30 lbs (Adult) Encyclopedia of Life

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Hystricidae
Genus: Hystrix
Species: H. cristata

Predators: Predators of the North African crested porcupine include lions, leopards, large birds of prey and hyenas. When confronted, the North African crested porcupine raises and fans its quills to appear large and imposing.

Food: African crested porcupines eat tubers, bark, bulbs, fallen fruit and cultivated root crops. They are nocturnal and forage alone at night, traveling up to 9 miles in their search for food. They return to the den and rest during the day.

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