About 20 results for ‘Porcupine’
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Porcupine
Porcupines are rodents with a coat of sharp spines, or quills, that defend and camouflage them from predators. They are indigenous to the Americas, southern Asia, and Africa. Porcupines are the third largest of the rodents, behind the capybara and the beaver. Most porcupines are about 25–36 in (63–91 cm) long, with an 8–10 in (20–25 cm) long tail. Weighing between 12–35 lb (5.4–16 kg), they are rounded, large and slow. Porcupines come in various shades of brown, grey, and the unusual white. Porcupines' spiny protection resembles that of the unrelated erinaceomorph hedgehogs and monotreme echidnas. The common porcupine is an herbivore. It eats leaves, herbs, twigs and green plants like skunk cabbage and clover and in the winter it may eat bark. The North American porcupine often climbs trees to find food. The African porcupine is not a climber and forages on the ground. It is mostly nocturnal, but will sometimes forage for food in the day. Porcupines have become a pest in Kenya and are eaten as a delicacy. The name porcupine comes from Middle French porc epic (spined pig). A regional American name for the animal is quill pig.
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- Artist(s):
- Nicasius Bernaerts
PORC-EPIC
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Porcupine
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Paysage avec aras raunas, cariama huppé, grues, porc-épic...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Macaque
- Macaw
- Porcupine
- Red-legged Seriema
- Ronde-bosse
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Partie supérieure d'une fontaine, vasque et piédestal déc...
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Anne of Brittany
- Crown (headgear)
- Lilium
- Louis XII of France
- Porcupine
- Stoat
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- Date:
- 16th century
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Le Monde des Mammifères (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Porcupine
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Pieter Boel
Etude de porc-épic
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Porcupine
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Gobelet à couvercle
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- Field(s):
- Belief
- Goldsmith
- Middle Ages
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- Portrayed subject:
- Porcupine
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- Date:
- 14th century
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Cassagnac le porc-épic
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- Portrayed subject:
- Caricature
- Man
- Politician
- Porcupine
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Jeton Louis XIV
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- Field(s):
- Numismatics
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- Portrayed subject:
- Animal
- Louis XIV of France
- Porcupine
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 17th century
- 18th century
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Blason de Blois
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- Field(s):
- Architecture
- Middle Ages
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crown (headgear)
- Fleur-de-lis
- Gray wolf
- Necklace
- Order of Saint Michael
- Porcupine
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- Date:
- 15th century
- Middle Ages
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