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326:. Intra-specific interactions consist of biting and attempts to injure adversaries with their sharp quills. When excited, porcupines stamp their hind feet. Vocalizations consist of growls and cries. If caught, the porcupine rolls into a ball. The prehensile tail is used to curl around branches when climbing.
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680:Black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine
362:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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672:Amazonian long-tailed porcupine
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712:Frosted hairy dwarf porcupine
688:Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine
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728:Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine
289:at elevations up to 1500 m.
281:, with a single record from
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648:Bicolored-spined porcupine
493:University of Chicago Press
399:"Infraorder Hystricognathi"
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674:(Coendou longicaudatus)
746:(Coendou sanctamartae)
744:Santa Marta porcupine
696:Black dwarf porcupine
642:(Coendou baturitensis)
552:(New World porcupines)
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1130:Mammals of Venezuela
792:(Erethizon dorsatum)
704:Brazilian porcupine
698:(Coendou nycthemera)
666:(Coendou insidiosus)
472:Animal Diversity Web
24:Brazilian porcupine
1135:Mammals of Colombia
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899:Coendou prehensilis
869:Coendou prehensilis
826:Bristle-spined rat
738:(Coendou rufescens)
714:(Coendou pruinosus)
690:(Coendou mexicanus)
682:(Coendou melanurus)
640:Baturite porcupine
355:Coendou prehensilis
226:Coendou prehensilis
221:Brazilian porcupine
211:Linnaeus, 1758
208:Hystrix prehensilis
179:Coendou prehensilis
161:C. prehensilis
40:Conservation status
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