Wildlife sighting

Porcupine

Erethizon dorsatus

Spotted a Porcupine!

Spotted by: jess c.
Date: January 10, 2026
Near: McCurtain County, Oklahoma

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About the Porcupine

The North American porcupine is a large rodent covered in about 30,000 barbed quills. Quills detach easily but can't be thrown. Porcupines climb trees to eat bark and leaves.

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