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Postcards > Animals > Porcupines  Click here for Porcupines Email Alert
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Hairy Porcupine Rodent - GUILL PIG Old Postcard Animals
Vintage B/W Postcard. Hairy Porcupine (Synetheres Laenatus) 1/4 natural size. British Museum (Natural History) London. Porcupines are rodents with sharp spines that defend them from predators. Porcupines are the 3rd largest rodent, after the capybara, and beaver. The name "porcupine" comes from Middle French porc d'épine "thorny pork", hence the nickname "quill pig".
Published by Oxford University Press
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