Bristle-spined Porcupine - Characteristics

The Bristle-spined Porcupine, Chaetomys subspinosus, is an arboreal rodent from Brazil. Also known as the Thin-spined Porcupine, it is the only member of the genus Chaetomys and the subfamily Chaetomyinae. Bristle-spined Porcupine - Characteristics. Bristle-spined Porcupines are named because the spines on the back are more bristle-like in texture than the spines on the rest of the body. They have long naked tails which are not prehensile. Adult animals weigh around ...

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Bristle-spined Porcupines are named because the spines on the back are more bristle-like in texture than the spines on the rest of the body. They have long naked tails which are not prehensile. Adult animals weigh around 1.3 kg. Their skulls are unusual in several ways. The eye socket is almost completely surrounded by a ring of bone. Incisors are distinctly narrow. Overall, the animal displays a mix of New World porcupine cranial characters, spiny rat cranial characte ...

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