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Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine or Mexican Porcupine

Sphiggurus mexicanus

Description:

Small arboreal mammal mostly from Central America, I found this individual in a palm tree, it wakes up and start cleaning it tail....

Habitat:

Dry Forest, Rain Forest and Rainforest.

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4 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Cutie!

Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 12 years ago

It certainly is ....

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 12 years ago

Sweet animal.

Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 12 years ago

The second pic, shows it cleaning it tail....

Jonathan Sequeira
Spotted by
Jonathan Sequeira

Limón, Costa Rica

Spotted on Nov 19, 2011
Submitted on Nov 19, 2011

Spotted for Mission

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