How do porcupines and hedgehogs differ?

Answer 1

It is very difficult to tell a male and female porcupine apart externally. The females are slightly smaller and have mammary organs while males have a penis which you cannot see from a distance.

Answer 2

The porcupine, hedgehog and the echidna are three very different animals. * Echidnas are monotremes (egg-laying mammals) while porcupines and hedgehogs are placental mammals. * Echidnas are found in Australia and Papua New Guinea, but porcupines are found in North America and Africa whilst hedgehogs are found in Africa, Europe and Asia, and have been introduced to New Zealand. * Porcupine quills are used more as active defence, whereas the echidna spines do not do a great deal of damage but certainly deter would-be predators. Echidnas dig for protection, leaving only their spines exposed. Hedgehogs tend to curl into a tight ball for defence. * There are around two dozen species of porcupine and 16 species of hedgehogs, but only two species of echidna. * Porcupines vary in size, with some species ranging between 80 and 115cm in length (including the tail); hedgehogs average between 10cm and 22cm in length; echidnas average between 30 and 50cm in length. Porcupines may weigh 5-16kg, but echidnas weigh 2-5kg, with those in the south being heavier than northern echidnas. * Some varieties of porcupine have quills 30cm long, but echidnas' spines average 5cm long, whilst hedgehog quills average around 2.5cm. * Porcupines have quite long tails; hedgehogs have short tails; echidnas have short, stubby, hairless tails. * Porcupines eat seeds, fruit, leaves, grasses, dandelions, bark, buds, twigs and aquatic plants; echidnas live almost exclusively on termites and ants; hedgehogs eats beetles and caterpillars. * Porcupines can climb trees, hedgehogs can climb over fences and obstacles, but echidnas are strictly ground-dwelling animals.

Answer 3

Porcupines are large rodents that breed annually. Male porcupines are aggressive and vocalize aloud while female porcupines are approachable to the male.

Answer 4

Porcupines are ugly and hedgehogs are cute

Answer 5

Hedgehogs have spines and porcupines have spines. Both of them are dangerous. Hedgehogs are cuter and porcupines are black and skinny.

Answer 6

Very carefully!

Answer 7

porcupenis and porcupussy

Answer 8

It's little balls.

Answer 9

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