2. About The Author
My name is Madison I
like dance and
softball.
I decided to do the
porcupine because
they have quills and
that is how they get
predators away.
3. Who I Am
My animal is a
porcupine I am a
Herbiuore my
average life spand in
the wild is 5 to 7 years
my size: head and
body 25 to 36 in. tail 8
to 10 in. I have soft
hair, but on their back,
sides, and tail it is
usually mixed with
sharp quills.
4. The Early Years
Female porcupines
have between one
and four babies.
Babies have soft
quills at birth, which
will harden within a
few days, most young
porcupines are ready
to live an their own at
about two months of
age.
5. Habitat Sweet Habitat
The porcupines are found
in North and South
America. They are good
climbers and spend much
of their time in trees.
Some porcupines even
have prehensile (gripping)
tails to aid in climbing.
Other porcupines species
live in Africa, Europe, and
Asia. These animals
usually live on the ground
and can inhabit deserts,
grasslands, and forests.
6. What’s on the Menu
Porcupines eat
natural bark and
steams, an have been
known to invade
camp grounds and
chew on canoe
paddles.
7. Making tracks
Porcupines tracks
show four toes on the
front foot and five ad
the hind foot. The
heel pads have a
pebbly texture.
Sometimes the
porcupines tail drags
and leaves a mark
that is visible piles at
the base of a tree
were animals have
been feeding.
8. Simply Irresistable
The porcupine is the
prickliest of rodents,
though it’s Latin name
mean “quill pig”. A
single porcupine may
have 30,000 or more
quills. North America
porcupines use front
teeth to satisfy a
healthy appetite.
9. Were In The World
Porcupine live in
North and South
America, Africa,
Europe, and Asia.
10. Did you know Fun fact!
Porcupines are rodents after capybara and
the
Some porcupines eat beaver porcupines
are
Grass, clovers at dusk the third largest
rodent. The
French
word for
porcupine is
“thorny pig”
11. Internet List
http://www.aefraser.com/blog/october/porcupine_
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http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&safe=active&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:e
US:official&q=www.+baby+porcupines+.com&&sa=N&start=20&ndsp=20
http://sites.communitylink.org/vazoo/porc4.jpg
http://ak.water.usgs.gov/Projects/Nawqa/basins/anc/images/r3c.images/
http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/images/4025.jpg
http://www.made-in-china.com/image/2f0j00BMeESIAPlakwM/Mouta
http://www.silvertip.net/images/canoe33small.jpg
http://chat.carleton.ca/~hcampbe3/porcupine.jpg
http://www.world66.com/community/mymaps/worldmap?visited=CAUS
