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The Porcupine With A Prehensile Tail

The tree porcupine is the only rodent to have a grasping tail or a prehensile tail. Aided by its prehensile tail, it feeds on leaves, twigs, fruits, nuts, berries and flowers that it finds while roaming from tree to tree. Unlike most other prehensile tails that turn downwards, the tree porcupine’s tail curls upwards.
The porcupine is also able to hold on to branches firmly because of the long claws on each toe. Tree porcupines are found in Mexico and almost all of South America.

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Last updated on :8/29/2005

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User's Comments

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serekebirhan: Please send me basic information about the ecology and distribution of porcupines as soon as possible. Please

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Santhosh S: Very interesting article. Add more.

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