Instantly recognizable from the sharp, spiky quills covering their bodies, porcupines are among the largest rodents on earth.

There are 23 species of porcupine worldwide. 6. Old World porcupines may not be good climbers, but they are excellent swimmers. New World porcupines, on the other hand, are adept at climbing trees.

The Old World porcupines (about 11 species in the taxonomic family Hystricidae) tend to live in open areas and don’t climb much. New World porcupines ...

The Old World porcupines of Eurasia and Africa are not very closely related to any of the New World species. There are about 11 species, some with extremely long spines.

Old World porcupines also are bigger, hovering in the 40-pound range versus the 15-pound range of New Worlds like Mocha. And while Waffles likes to stay on the ground, Mocha prefers to climb her ...

Porcupines are large rodents in the Erethizontidae (New World) or Hystricidae (Old World) family. The ones in this clip are North American porcupines, Erethizon dorsatum , which have the ...

New World porcupines and Old World porcupines like Twix are different because our porcupines climb trees. And these guys are all on the ground,” Micayla Cobie with the Lake Superior Zoo said.

The Milwaukee County Zoo's newest baby animal, a prehensile-tailed porcupette, sits in a scale in April 2025. The baby porcupine was born to parents Quinn and Seamus on March 27, 2025.

This little snoot is very squishable. Rico is an 8-year-old male Brazilian porcupine and resident of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Ohio. He’s also a bit of a social media star ...

An 8-year-old boy went missing while on a family camping trip at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in Michigan, authorities say. Screengrab from Facebook post by Porcupine Mountains ...

A Sussex County family is in mourning following the death of their 9-year-old dog, Chester, a week after a violent encounter with a porcupine left barbed quills inside and outside of the pitbull ...