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

but porcupines can’t actually eject them. Old World porcupines in the family Hystricidae live in southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. New World porcupines in the family Erethizontidae are ...

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 (about 18 species in the family ...

while Old World are from Africa. That means Mocha and the zoo’s North American porcupine, Roger, are both New World, and Waffles, the zoo’s African cape porcupine, is Old World. While both ...

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 ...