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Hystricidae - English
URL: http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/mammalia/hystricognathi/hystricidae/

List of taxa.

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Hystricidae: Old World Porcupines - English
URL: http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walkers_mammals_of_the_world/rodentia.hystricidae

Old World porcupines inhabit deserts, savannahs, and forests. They shelter in caves, crevices, holes dug by other animals, or burrows they have excavated themselves and construct a nest of plant material within the den. They are mainly nocturnal and terrestrial, walking ponderously on the sole of the foot with the heel touching the ground.

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Hystricidae - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/mammalia/rodentia/hystricidae.htm

These animals are terrestrial, not climbing trees in the manner of North American porcupines. They are excellent diggers, constructing their own burrows or appropriating and modifying those of other animals. Their diets include many kinds of plant material, but also carrion. Gnawed bones often litter the ground around their dens; these may be chewed for their calcium.

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