• The porcupine possesses antibiotics in its skin which may help prevent infection when a porcupine falls out of a tree and is stuck with its own quills upon hitting the ground. (wikipedia.org)
  • disputed - discuss] The most distinguishing feature of the porcupine is its coat of quills. (wikipedia.org)
  • An adult porcupine has about 30,000 quills that cover all of its body except its underbelly, face, and feet. (wikipedia.org)
  • Porcupines do not throw their quills, but when threatened contract superficial muscles which cause the quills to stand up and out from their bodies. (wikipedia.org)
  • Best known for their black and white barbed quills, porcupines use them to warn and ward off potential predators. (nature.org)
  • You may notice that during cooler months porcupines look fuller and fluffier, with a nice downy halo concealing their quills. (floofmania.com)
  • The porcupine can drive its quills deep into an enemy's skin. (fbmarketplace.org)
  • Typically, when you tell people about porcupines, the fear of quills takes over. (alaska.org)
  • In order to feel the negative effects of quills, one must make physical contact with the porcupine. (alaska.org)
  • Porcupines are covered with up to 30,000 quills on their body at any given time. (alaska.org)
  • The only area porcupines do not have quills would be on the face, underbelly and bottom of their feet. (alaska.org)
  • Porcupines are rodents with a coat of sharp spines, or quills, that defend them from predators. (infovisual.info)
  • The eleven Old World porcupines are almost exclusively terrestrial, tend to be fairly large, and have quills that are grouped in clusters. (infovisual.info)
  • The twelve New World porcupines are mostly smaller (although the North American Porcupine reaches about 85 cm/33 in in length and 18 kg/40 lb), have their quills attached singly rather than grouped in clusters, and are excellent climbers, spending much of their time in trees. (infovisual.info)
  • Porcupines' quills or spines take on various forms, depending on the species, but all are modified hairs coated with thick plates of keratin, and they are embedded in the skin musculature. (infovisual.info)
  • Old World porcupines (Hystricidae) have quills embedded in clusters, whereas in New World porcupines (Erethizontidae) single quills are interspersed with bristles, underfur, and hair. (infovisual.info)
  • Porcupine quills are as sharp as needles, detach very easily, and will remain embedded in an attacker. (infovisual.info)
  • Unlike needles, however, the quills of New World porcupines have microscopic, backwards-facing barbs on the tip that catch on the skin making them difficult and painful to extract, though they must be removed. (infovisual.info)
  • Quills are released by contact with them or they may drop out when the porcupine shakes them, they are not sprayed out. (infovisual.info)
  • Porcupines are one of the most unique animals in North America, and their quills make them a popular subject for artists. (communitycorrespondent.com)
  • Porcupine quill embroidery, or quillwork, is the art of decorating hide, bark, or cloth with dyed porcupine quills . (musee-mccord-stewart.ca)
  • In the mid 19th century, porcupine quills were supplanted by small glass trade beads for embroidery work as beads were easier and faster to use. (musee-mccord-stewart.ca)
  • Natural porcupine quills are skilfully transformed into colourful, geometric designs through a variety of techniques to decorate objects like moccasins, clothing, regalia, baskets, and more. (musee-mccord-stewart.ca)
  • The North American porcupine ( Erethizon dorsatum ) has about 30,000 quills on its body as a defense mechanism. (musee-mccord-stewart.ca)
  • Porcupine quills. (musee-mccord-stewart.ca)
  • These sharp dressed mammals are covered with soft hair as well as quills, which are really modified hairs that stand up when a Porcupine feels threatened. (zooborns.com)
  • Process improvement, antioxidant, antibacterial, and adjuvant drug studies of synthetic bioactive keratin microparticles made from lipids and keratin derived from porcupine (Hystrix indica) quills are the main objectives of this study. (bvsalud.org)
  • After coating the keratin microparticles with lipids which were obtained from the same porcupine quills, the bioactive keratin microparticles were produced. (bvsalud.org)
  • The results of this work revealed that a yield 27.36 to 42.25% of the keratin protein could be obtained from porcupine quills. (bvsalud.org)
  • This work has demonstrated the design and uses of the keratin microparticles obtained from porcupine quills for clinical applications. (bvsalud.org)
  • In the past the media, and in some cases the paleontologists themselves, have referred to new dinosaurs as " vampire-porcupine " (It was a plant eater and no quills were found on the actual specimen. (blogspot.com)
  • The North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), also known as the Canadian porcupine, is a large quill-covered rodent in the New World porcupine family. (wikipedia.org)
  • Erethizon appeared in North America shortly after the two continents joined together in the later Tertiary period. (wikipedia.org)
  • Other hystricomorphs also migrated, but Erethizon was the only one to survive north of Mexico. (wikipedia.org)
  • Death of gray wolves, canis lupus, in porcupine erethizon dorsatum, dens in wisconsin. (thewolfintelligencer.com)
  • North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsata) Climbing a Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides). (biosphoto.com)
  • Pygmy Anteater, also called Silky Anteater is a species of anteaters that live in tropical forests of Southern and Central America, from Southern Mexico to Bolivia and Brazil. (itsnature.org)
  • The title, Turtle Island, refers to a Native myth that explains how North and Central America were formed on the back of a turtle. (birchbarkbooks.com)
  • Genetic research suggests that this was the moment that monkeys crossed into regions of present-day Central America from their ancestral homes to the south. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • It was thought monkeys came to Central America during an event dubbed the Great American Biotic Interchange, which took place after the Isthmus of Panama connected the two continents, allowing relatives of opossums, armadillos and porcupines to head north and deer, cats, raccoons, bears, and other species to cross the isthmus to the southern continent. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • It's not known how large the population of monkeys was in Panama, and digs all around Central America have never produced any evidence that the ancient monkeys made it further north. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • It is the second largest rodent in North America after the North American beaver (Castor canadensis). (wikipedia.org)
  • The porcupine is a caviomorph rodent whose ancestors crossed the Atlantic from Africa to Brazil 30 million years ago, and then migrated to North America during the Great American Interchange after the Isthmus of Panama rose 3 million years ago. (wikipedia.org)
  • This species is the largest of the New World porcupines and is the second largest North American rodent, after the American beaver. (wikipedia.org)
  • Size isn't the first thing you think of when you hear porcupine, but the North American porcupine is the second-largest rodent on our continent! (nature.org)
  • The North American Porcupine is a large rodent, native to the North America. (itsnature.org)
  • Porcupines are members of the rodent family, with constantly growing orange teeth! (alaska.org)
  • A porcupine is any of 27 species of rodent belonging to the families Erethizontidae or Hystricidae. (infovisual.info)
  • The New World porcupines evolved their spines independently (through convergent evolution) and are more closely related to several other families of rodent than they are to the Old World porcupines. (infovisual.info)
  • Discover the truth behind the myths of an adorable Alaskan rodent through a virtual encounter with some of the Alaska Zoo's resident porcupines! (cilc.org)
  • Native American terms for it include the Lakota name pahin meaning quill, the Ho-Chunk name waxąhį, and the Chipewyan name ts'l. (wikipedia.org)
  • the African Porcupine can grow to well over 20 kg (44 lb). (infovisual.info)
  • Some fossils, such as species from the family Paramyidae, show resemblance to the porcupine, but they are so primitive and generalized that they could be ancestors to all later rodents[citation needed]. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Porcupine Ray ( Urogymnus asperrimus ) is a species of concern belonging in the species group "fishes" and found in the following area(s): Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Oceanic. (earthsendangered.com)
  • 6. Discussion and photo slideshow on other porcupine species around the world. (cilc.org)
  • Discuss various species of porcupines. (cilc.org)
  • The type species, Colorado tick fever virus (from North America), has been isolated from patients with flulike syndromes, meningitis, encephalitis, and other severe complications. (cdc.gov)
  • This monkey species] can disperse everywhere, but it just can't go north on this continent. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • Gill in his paper entitled "Arrange- ment of the Families of Mammals," Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, No. 230, 1872, and the nomenclature of the species is in accordance, for the most part, with the more recent views of prominent American Mammalogists. (nih.gov)
  • Come learn from Humboldt State University porcupine expert Dr. Tim Bean as he describes the natural history of these prickly animals and the ecological threats they are faced with and what their future looks like. (lindsaywildlife.org)
  • Our porcupine ambassadors will amaze you with their awesome adaptations and why they need to be prickly porcupines to survive! (cilc.org)
  • Not only does this make the Porcupine look larger, but it also delivers a prickly poke to a predator who gets too close. (zooborns.com)
  • Zookeeping Interpreter Mal Muratori takes you up close and personal with the prickly but cute Rosie, the North American porcupine! (trailsidemuseumsandzoo.org)
  • The North American porcupine has a strong odor to warn away predators, which it can increase when agitated. (wikipedia.org)
  • Porcupines move very slowly on the ground and migration would just expose them to predators. (floofmania.com)
  • Most animals its size have to be wary of predators, but the porcupine is well armed. (fbmarketplace.org)
  • They are thought to have migrated from Africa, ancestors of the Old World porcupines or Hystricidae or they originated based on a migration of the North American Paramyidae. (wikipedia.org)
  • The North American porcupine waddles through the forests of North America. (fbmarketplace.org)
  • Geoffroy's Cat is a very skittish inhabitant of the South American forests and not much is known about the cat's lifestyle in the wild. (itsnature.org)
  • Titi Monkeys live in South American forests and spend most of their time in the trees. (itsnature.org)
  • Visitors will encounter a North American porcupine, bobcats and the Zoo's newest residents - binturongs and Pallas. (si.edu)
  • Identify some different porcupine adaptations. (cilc.org)
  • The porcupine, the wolverine, and the skunk are the only North American mammals that have strongly contrasting black-and-white coloration, because they are the only mammals that benefit from letting other animals know where and what they are in the dark of night. (wikipedia.org)
  • This review encompasses 30 common or clinically relevant zoonotic helminth infections that are endemic to North America. (medscape.com)
  • CTFV is endemic in northwestern North America, where it causes CTF, a human disease initially confused with a mild form of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which is caused by Rickettsia rickettsii . (cdc.gov)
  • The Virginia Opossum also known as the North American Opossum inhabits vast territories in North and South Americas. (itsnature.org)
  • Caribou in the giant Porcupine River herd in northwest Canada and Alaska are drowning as they cross rivers that normally are still ice when the animals migrate. (nih.gov)
  • Warming has also interfered with caribou feeding, says Craig Fleener, a wildlife biologist for the Gwich'in Council International, an indigenous group for whom the Porcupine River herd provides a material and cultural foundation. (nih.gov)
  • 1990. Seasonal concentrations of cesium-137 in rumen content, skeletal muscles and feces of caribou from the porcupine herd: lichen ingestion rates and implications for human consumption. (cdc.gov)
  • But porcupines truly are much tougher creatures than we might think! (floofmania.com)
  • Earth's Endangered Creatures - Porcupine Ray Facts" (Online) - Licensed article from Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (earthsendangered.com)
  • The Porcupine Roach is one of the most beautiful and practical headpieces of the North American Indian. (wanderingbull.com)
  • The following directions will show you how to make a long porcupine roach. (wanderingbull.com)
  • You can also use the same technique to make a shorter or a round porcupine roach. (wanderingbull.com)
  • They once roamed widely in the eastern U.S., but North American river otters are sensitive to pollution and have disappeared from many rivers. (nature.org)
  • PORCUPINE TREE - Steven Wilson , Richard Barbieri and Gavin Harrison - has just shared "Of The New Day" , the latest track from "Closure/Continuation" , due on Friday, June 24 via Music For Nations / Megaforce Records . (sonicperspectives.com)
  • General on-sales for PORCUPINE TREE 's "Closure/Continuation" North American dates begin Friday, March 11 at 10 a.m. local time at www.ticketmaster.com. (sonicperspectives.com)
  • General on sale for Porcupine Tree: Closure/Continuation North American dates begin Friday, March 11th at 10am local time at www.ticketmaster.com . (livenationentertainment.com)
  • Porcupine Tree's long awaited 11th studio album, CLOSURE/CONTINUATION will be available as a seven-track standard CD, standard black vinyl 2×12" LP, white vinyl 2×12" LP, transparent blue vinyl 2×12" LP, limited edition white cassette, and digital download. (livenationentertainment.com)
  • Do Porcupines Grow A Winter Coat? (floofmania.com)
  • The porcupine grows out a winter coat in the fall, as temperatures start to go down. (floofmania.com)
  • A study of porcupine body temperatures in winter illustrates the importance of the winter coat. (floofmania.com)
  • Because porcupines stay in their usual habitats and remain active during winter, their bodies have to adjust and prepare for the cold season. (floofmania.com)
  • Porcupines in search of salt sometimes encroach on human habitats, eating plywood cured with sodium nitrate, certain paints, and tool handles, footwear, clothes and other items that have been coated in salty sweat. (infovisual.info)
  • Captured live at Chicago, IL and the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, it will hit North American stores on November 20th. (theprp.com)
  • Sub-zero temperatures, blizzards, and a poor diet of tree bark and needles - these are some of the harsh conditions the North American porcupine has to endure every winter. (floofmania.com)
  • Tree bark and pine needles pretty much make up the porcupine diet in winter, since this is all that is available in their snow-covered habitat. (floofmania.com)
  • It sounds deceptively simple, a recognizably atypical PORCUPINE TREE ballad. (sonicperspectives.com)
  • It's what PORCUPINE TREE can sometimes do really well, come up with a basic idea that's almost intellectual or mathematical, but carry it off in a way that sounds completely natural and accessible. (sonicperspectives.com)
  • Last November, PORCUPINE TREE returned with its first new music in close to 12 years. (sonicperspectives.com)
  • "Harridan" , an epic, eight-minute-long reintroduction to PORCUPINE TREE 's truly singular sound, was accompanied by an official lyric video, streaming now via YouTube . (sonicperspectives.com)
  • Porcupines are strict vegetarians, sometimes living off just a single tree for an entire winter. (alaska.org)
  • Porcupine Tree have issued a free stream/download of a live rendition of their track " I Drive The Hearse " online at this location . (theprp.com)
  • Natural sources of salt consumed by porcupines include varieties of salt-rich plants (such as yellow water lily and aquatic liverwort), fresh animal bones, outer tree bark, mud in salt-rich soils, and objects imbued with urine. (infovisual.info)
  • Of the New Day' is a song of rebirth, emerging from darkness," says Porcupine Tree founder Steven Wilson. (livenationentertainment.com)
  • This country occupies a large space of the continent of North America, bordering the United States to the south and the U.S. state of Alaska to the northwest. (a-z-animals.com)
  • So the porcupine oftentimes is found sitting upright in a position to cover these more vulnerable parts . (floofmania.com)
  • Porcupines can be found on rocky areas up to 3,500 m (11,000 ft) high. (infovisual.info)
  • Found This Thing Up North…What is It? (99wfmk.com)
  • But seven teeth found in Panama suggest that the primates headed north much earlier, and that they crossed 100 miles of ocean to reach their new world. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • There are six genera, all found in North America. (bvsalud.org)
  • After a painful childhood separated from his people and years struggling with alcoholism and crime, he helped found the American Indian Movement (AIM). (nih.gov)
  • In an Aug. 2 interview with Sudbury.com , Pirie said he couldn't be certain, but said the last time Ontario might have had a dedicated mining ministry, it would have been related to the discovery of silver in Cobalt (1904), or gold in Kirkland Lake (1906), or gold in Porcupine and Timmins (1909). (northernontariobusiness.com)
  • Lucy Covington, a long-time tribal rights activist and Colville Tribal Council member, helped change the course of American Indian history through her courageous leadership. (nih.gov)
  • Porcupines can put on as much as 50% body fat in preparation for winter. (floofmania.com)
  • Researchers observed that the porcupine frequently assumes a 'lotus position' where the areas of the body without fur or with thinner hair are tucked close to keep warm. (floofmania.com)
  • To draw a porcupine, start by drawing a small circle for the head and a larger oval for the body. (communitycorrespondent.com)
  • Porcupines fall out of trees fairly often because they are highly tempted by the succulent buds and tender twigs at the ends of the branches. (wikipedia.org)
  • Quality Native American Craft Supplies & More! (wanderingbull.com)
  • Native Americans traditionally decorated these bags with beads or fur. (1stdibs.com)
  • Patriotic Native American Sioux beaded doctor's bag. (1stdibs.com)
  • Purple spiny oyster earrings by Native American artisan Phyllis Coonsis. (1stdibs.com)
  • The History and Analysis of Pre-Aniline Native American Quillwork Dyes. (musee-mccord-stewart.ca)
  • We gratefully acknowledge the information and demonstrations provided to us by National Museum of the American Indian staff regarding Native Alaska masks. (nih.gov)
  • As a holy man, Sitting Bull was a symbol of Native American resistance against U.S. government policies. (nih.gov)
  • LaFlesche became the first Native American to earn a medical degree. (nih.gov)
  • The Brown Woolly Monkey or Humboldt's Woolly Monkey is one of the largest South American primates. (itsnature.org)
  • reaching heights of up to 7 1/2 feet at the shoulder and weighing up to 1800 pounds, Kenai's moose are the largest herbivores in North America. (princess.com)
  • Once on the verge of extinction, beavers have made a startling comeback in recent generations both in North America and Europe , with their population once more in the millions in Canada. (yahoo.com)
  • Interestingly it is the only marsupial (an animal with a pouch) north of Rio Grande. (itsnature.org)
  • From first glance it might seem somehow weird that this animal lives in trees, but in fact this porcupine is very well adapted to the above-ground lifestyle. (itsnature.org)
  • If you're looking to add a new animal friend to your cartoon collection, then why not try your hand at drawing a porcupine? (communitycorrespondent.com)
  • Watt-Cloutier observes that Arctic peoples already face the threat of high levels of organic pollutants such as dioxin and poly-chlorinated biphenyls that have drifted north through the atmosphere and now contaminate animal fat and human breast milk. (nih.gov)
  • They are believed to have separated from the other hystricognaths about 30 million years ago, much earlier than the New World porcupines. (infovisual.info)
  • Surprisingly, the reptile world is widely represented in the Great White North. (a-z-animals.com)
  • Over the years, Pirie took on several senior positions, which included chief financial officer with Placer Dome North America and Placer Dome Canada. (northernontariobusiness.com)
  • Unlike the United States and Mexico - North America's two other nations - Canada is not a megadiverse country. (a-z-animals.com)
  • The Mi'kmaq are even called "the porcupine people" because of their affinity for quillwork. (musee-mccord-stewart.ca)
  • The North and South American show dates are presented by Live Nation and Paladin Artists . (sonicperspectives.com)
  • In this step-by-step tutorial, I'll show you how to draw a realistic porcupine, using pencil and paper. (communitycorrespondent.com)
  • Antarctica, oceanic islands) genetic data can be used to show both extreme isolation of endemics (pre-dating ice ages) and the arrival of European/North American invasives. (senckenberg.de)
  • Sitting Bull was a Teton Dakota Chief who united the Sioux tribes of the American Great Plains against the white settlers taking their tribal land. (nih.gov)
  • Here in the backyard of the mid-Atlantic we have the Allegheny Front, stretching from the panhandle of eastern West Virginia, north through western Maryland and into central Pennsylvania. (nature.org)
  • This paper aimed to describe an atlas of the crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata) head by applying advanced imaging techniques such as MRI. (bvsalud.org)