Indian Porcupine

Indian Porcupine

Taxobox
name = Indian Porcupine
status = LR/lc
status_system = iucn2.3



regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Hystricidae
genus = "Hystrix"
subgenus = "Hystrix"
species = "H. indica"
binomial = "Hystrix indica"
binomial_authority = Kerr, 1792
persists past these threats, the porcupine launches a backwards assault, hoping to stab its attacker with its quills. It does this so effectively that most brushes between predators and the Indian porcupine end in death or severe injury.Not much is known about the average life span of the Indian porcupine. Nevertheless it produces litters of variable size (four at the largest) each year. The Indian porcupine is nocturnal and creates underground shelters. It eats various plants: fruits, grains, and roots. Its diet of plant matter makes it an agricultural pest to local farmers. In addition, the Indian porcupine has been observed gnawing on bones to extract the minerals it contains.Many conservationists, most notably, Jim Corbett and Kenneth Anderson, have documented and noted that many tigers and leopards have become man-eaters after having fought and been injured by porcupines, which indicates their ferocity and their lack of predators. On such example was the Leopard of Gummalapur, which when examined, was shown to have two porcupine quills lodged in its right forefoot.

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