Northern+American+Porcupine


 * Northern American Porcupine**
 * Basic Information**:
 * Northen American Porcupine** ( //Erethizon Dorsatum// [[image:http://www.nhptv.org/wild/images/porcupine2sm.jpg width="202" height="253" align="right" caption="Porcupine"]]
 * < Domain ||< Eukaryota ||
 * < Kingdom ||< Animalia ||
 * < Phylum ||< Chordata ||
 * < Class ||< Mammalia ||
 * < Order ||< Ralentia ||
 * < Family ||< Erethizontidae ||
 * < Genus ||< Erethizon ||
 * < Species ||< Erethizon dorsatum ||

the Coniferous and Deciduous forest on the west in more scrubby areas. They can also be found in Canada, Western America and south toward Mexico. The Porcupine is also found in some easten states like Wisconsin, Michigan.
 * Northern American Porcupine**
 * Habitat**: This type of Porcupine lives on the north side of america. It is typically found it

about 24 hours to digest a meal.
 * Physiology**: The Northern American porcupine They have less more muscle then most rodents and rabbits to climb trees and defend themselves. this porcupine can grow for 12 to 24 inches and weigh from 2 to 39.5 pounds. Its small size allows it climb trees and stay hidden from predators. Porcupine specialist say that it usually takes a normal size porcupine


 * Species Interactions**:This spicific type of porcupine doesnt really interact with ohter amimals because its usually in the trees or defending itself against the other animals. The interaction with people is very rare also most people dont really see them. When a porcupine does come in contact with any other species or human its get scared and will probaley try to defend its self.


 * Reproduction:** Northern american Porcuopines will breed at anytime of the year they dont have a specific season. Female porcupines will usually give birth to up to 4 babies. Once the babies are born the mother nurses them for about 2 to 4 months. The babies reach adulthood at after about 1 or 2 years. The Mother feeds her babies soild food after 2 to 3 weeks following their birth.

to warn their enemy or predator they will stomp their feet or stand up and shake their quills. They ethier roll up into a ball so they cant be eaten or they flare their quills and rush toward their attacker.
 * Free Topic**: Did you kno that a regular size Northren American Porcupine has more than 30,000 quills on them. And when they attack or defend themselves they dont shoot the quills out of they body what they actually do is bring their quills to bear which means they kind of pull back their hair

Porcupine in a tree

//Porcupine Eating Porcupine a Porcupine in its natural habitat//

//**Works Cited:**//

//Porcupine."// Encyclopedia Americana. //Grolier Online, 2011. Web. 30 Mar. 2011//

//Sentman, Everett. "Porcupine."// Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.// Grolier Online, 2011. Web. 30 Mar. 2011.

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