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Chinese Porcupine
Hystrix hodgsoni |
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Mammalia |
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Rodentia |
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| Distribution |
Nepal, Eastern China, Hong Kong, Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo
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| Habitat |
Forest |
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| Behaviour |
Terrestrial. Nocturnal. Chinese Porcupines live in small family groups in ground caves or rock crevices. They have long quills on the neck, nape and back. When threatened by predators like lions, tigers and leopards, the quills bristle rapidly and beat the ground with their hind feet to scare enemies away. When threatened further, they will defend themselves by giving a sideways or backward attack in which the quills are rammed into the predators. |
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| Diet |
Fruit, bark, roots, leaves and succulent plants. |
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