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Porcupine - Puerco Espín

Coendou rothschildi

Description:

This is a rodent, it has a prehensile tail that is long and fleshy. Its body is covered with thick hairs of black color hidding long thorns that to the simple contact it release and inlay causing great pain to who receives it. In the ventral part it has not thorns, reason why the young does not have problems in sucking. In spite of being clumsy, timid and inoffensive, it can defend with bites and the natural protection of its dangerous thorns, which follow very easily, but cannot voluntarily shoot it as erroneously some people believe. ----------------------------- Es un roedor que posee una cola prensil que es larga y carnosa. Su cuerpo está cubierto de pelos gruesos de color negro que ocultan espinas largas que al simple contacto se desprenden e incrustan causando gran dolor a quien la recibe. En la parte ventral no posee espinas, por lo que las crías no tienen problemas en mamar. A pesar de ser torpe, tímido e inofensivo, puede defenderse con mordidas y con la protección natural de sus peligrosas espinas, las cuales se desprenden con gran facilidad, pero no pueden ser lanzadas a voluntad como erróneamente creen algunas personas.

Habitat:

Lives in lush forests undisturbed or recovering and in cultivated areas. Is almost endemic condition the Isthmus of Panama and part of the note of Colombia, possibly it is in Costa Rica. -------------------------------- Vive en bosques frondosos inalterados o en recuperación, así como en zonas cultivadas. Es de condición casi endémica del Itsmo de Panamá y parte del note de Colombia, posiblemente se encuentre en Costa Rica.

Notes:

The unit of the photo was found near the viewpoint of the Metropolitan Natural Park in Panama City. He is so trusting of its defense, and was in the ground eating next to my children without fear. ------------------------------ El ejemplar de la foto fue hallado cerca del mirador del Parque Natural Metropolitano, Ciudad de Panamá. Está tan confiado de su defensa, que estaba en el suelo comiendo al lado de mis hijos sin ningún temor.

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rams4d
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rams4d

Panamá, Panama

Spotted on Oct 21, 2011
Submitted on Oct 21, 2011

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