no, they are rodents while pigs are ungulates (distant relatives of cows)
yes because pigs are animals
no its part of the rodent family
No. They are two separate species; they are only related by the Order Mammalia.
where do porcupines live in idaho
Porcupines are in the Animalia Kingdom, Chordata Phylum, Mammalia Class, Rodentia Order, Hystricomorpha Suborder, and the Hystricognathi Infraorder. The Old World porcupines are in the Hystricidae Family, and the New World porcupines are in the Erethizontidae Family.
a guinea pig is from the rodent family and that is the same group as rats, mice and hamsters.
No. Guinea pigs are rodents (rabbits are not) and are actually in the same biological family is capybaras, a giant South American rodent.
No. Although they are both placental mammals, and both have sharp spines, porcupines are in the rodent family, but hedgehogs are not.
pocupines live in either caves or small hollow trees
In "Swiss Family Robinson," Jack understood the fallacy of believing that porcupines can shoot their quills at enemies. He demonstrates understanding of this fallacy by debunking it and explaining that porcupines actually defend themselves by raising their quills and backing into attackers.
A pig is in the genus Sus and from the Suidae family .
being part of the hog/ pig family you could conisder it pork, althoug it wouldn't have the same taste as a regular pig would.
Not at all. Echidnas and porcupines are not even remotely related. Echidnas are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. porcupines are placental mammals, a quite different order of mammals.