| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Rodentia |
| Family | Erethizontidae |
| Genus | Erethizon |
| Species | dorsatum |
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| The Porcupine is three feet long, weighs up to 40 pounds, has rounded compact heavy bodies, thick prehensile tails (means they can curl and wrap their tails around objects), the tips of their tails have rough bare skin, they're sharp clawed, have paws without fur, the adults have 30,000 long sharp quills, they're quills are usually two or three inches long but may be as long as one and one-half feet long. |
