porcupine
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He noted the peninsula had once been home to animals such as pronghorn, sea otter, North American porcupine, Humboldt marten, gray wolf, American black bear, grizzlies, northern fur seal and Steller sea lion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Scott: I think it might have been a Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
The hollow spikes may have served as a defensive adaptation, functioning in a way similar to the quills of a porcupine by discouraging predators from attacking.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 18, 2026
BBC Scotland News understands bedding was discovered with porcupine quills in the straw.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025
I see a raven by the side of the road, picking at a porcupine that’s been run over by a car, its quills like a huge burr, its guts pink and scrambled like eggs.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Paterson and Gower used visual references from porcupines to animal embryonic sacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
They lack the adorable charisma of chinchillas, porcupines, moles or rats, though.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
The samples from the stall that contained the coronavirus also contained DNA from a variety of animals, including dogs, rabbits, hoary bamboo rats, Malayan porcupines and masked palm civets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2024
Other animals identified as a potential source of the pandemic were the masked palm civet, which was also associated with the Sars outbreak in 2003, as well as hoary bamboo rats and Malayan porcupines.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024
The rabbits and porcupines shared the shade beneath the trees and the frogs and fish shared the cool brown waters of the forest pond.
From "Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust" by Eve Bunting
