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337:. 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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373:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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300:at elevations up to 1500 m.
292:, with a single record from
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659:Bicolored-spined porcupine
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410:"Infraorder Hystricognathi"
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685:(Coendou longicaudatus)
757:(Coendou sanctamartae)
755:Santa Marta porcupine
707:Black dwarf porcupine
653:(Coendou baturitensis)
563:(New World porcupines)
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803:(Erethizon dorsatum)
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709:(Coendou nycthemera)
677:(Coendou insidiosus)
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1146:Mammals of Colombia
924:Coendou_prehensilis
910:Coendou prehensilis
880:Coendou prehensilis
837:Bristle-spined rat
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725:(Coendou pruinosus)
701:(Coendou mexicanus)
693:(Coendou melanurus)
651:Baturite porcupine
366:Coendou prehensilis
237:Coendou prehensilis
232:Brazilian porcupine
222:Linnaeus, 1758
219:Hystrix prehensilis
190:Coendou prehensilis
172:C. prehensilis
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