Old World Porcupine (Noun)
Meaning
Terrestrial porcupine.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The old world porcupine's sharp quills deter predators in its natural habitat.
- In North America, old world porcupines have no native counterparts but their American cousins can be found in South America.
- Despite the potential for harm from its spines the old world porcupine often curls into a ball as defense rather than a first strike option.
- Wild old world porcupines do occasionally transmit diseases but direct interactions are necessary.
- One subspecies of old world porcupine that roams over Southeast Asia does face endangerment primarily from a decreasing environment and poor conditions in native land.