PORCUPINE – Hystrix africaeausralis

PORCUPINE

SIZE: Length 84 cm, mass 17 kg. COLOUR: White and black-ringed quills and spines cover flanks, tail and upper parts of the body. The head carries a crest of flexible black spines with white tips. The remainder of the body has coarse black hair, shading to brown in older animals. GESTATION PERIOD: … Read more