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stump-tailed porcupine

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Also known as: Echinoprocta rufescens

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In porcupine: New World porcupines (family Erethizontidae)
The stump-tailed porcupine (Echinoprocta rufescens) is one of the smallest at 37 cm (14.6 inches) plus a short tail. New World porcupines primarily eat fruit at night and rest during the day in hollow trees or crouch on branches or in tangles of woody vines. Their…
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