Re: Porcupine - Mammal of the Month: August 2014
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 9:27 pm
wow... you too 
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several days with the quills... and not in good shape at all
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Re: Porcupine - Mammal of the Month: August 2014
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 10:16 pm
Craig Lockardt
16.1.2012
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18.1.2012
several days with the quills... and not in good shape at all
16.1.2012 17.1.2012 18.1.2012 several days with the quills... and not in good shape at all
Re: Porcupine - Mammal of the Month: August 2014
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 8:45 am
Nice one Toko 
Not a nice one, Nan
Not a nice one, Nan
Re: Porcupine - Mammal of the Month: August 2014
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 11:28 am
Ouch! Was the one in the first pic dead, nan? 
Re: Porcupine - Mammal of the Month: August 2014
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 4:20 pm
was 2 brothers... with a lot and a lot of difficulties... simply to move I saw both of them several days... then I have to leave in the South
don't know what happened to this one
Re: Porcupine - Mammal of the Month: August 2014
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 6:50 pm
Thanks for all your contributions! 
I had no idea they were such a relatively rarely seen mammal there. A bit more info.:
Diet
Cape porcupines eat mostly plant material: fruits, roots, tubers, bulbs, and bark. They have also been reported to gnaw on carrion and bones.
Behaviour
Cape porcupines are nocturnal (although they may be seen during the day) and monogamous, typically living as mated pairs of adults, caring for any young together. Each pair may inhabit up to six burrows, jointly defending their shared territory, although they typically forage as individuals. Both sexes scent mark their territory, although males do so more frequently, and may play a more active role in its defense. The size of the home range varies depending on the local habitat and availability of food, but can range between at least 67 and 203 hectares (170 and 500 acres).
Reproduction
Because of their dangerous anatomy, females initiate mating by presenting to the males.
Cape porcupines mate throughout the year, although births are most common during the rainy season, between August and March. Unless a previous litter is lost, females typically give birth only once each year. Gestation lasts around 94 days, and results in the birth of a litter of up to three young, although over half of births are of singletons. Both parents give long-term care to young.
Young are born relatively well-developed, with their eyes open and teeth present. Newborn young initially have soft quills (most likely to ease the birthing process). They are weaned at around 100 days of age, and grow rapidly for the first twenty weeks, reaching the full adult size, and sexual maturity, at the end of their first year. After the weaning of their young, female porcupines can not conceive for another three to five months.
Relative to most other rodents, Cape porcupines are long-lived, surviving for up to 15 years in the wild.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/a ... australis/
http://tenikwa.org/index.php/2012-03-27 ... porcupines
I had no idea they were such a relatively rarely seen mammal there. A bit more info.:Diet
Cape porcupines eat mostly plant material: fruits, roots, tubers, bulbs, and bark. They have also been reported to gnaw on carrion and bones.
Behaviour
Cape porcupines are nocturnal (although they may be seen during the day) and monogamous, typically living as mated pairs of adults, caring for any young together. Each pair may inhabit up to six burrows, jointly defending their shared territory, although they typically forage as individuals. Both sexes scent mark their territory, although males do so more frequently, and may play a more active role in its defense. The size of the home range varies depending on the local habitat and availability of food, but can range between at least 67 and 203 hectares (170 and 500 acres).
Reproduction
Because of their dangerous anatomy, females initiate mating by presenting to the males.
Cape porcupines mate throughout the year, although births are most common during the rainy season, between August and March. Unless a previous litter is lost, females typically give birth only once each year. Gestation lasts around 94 days, and results in the birth of a litter of up to three young, although over half of births are of singletons. Both parents give long-term care to young.
Young are born relatively well-developed, with their eyes open and teeth present. Newborn young initially have soft quills (most likely to ease the birthing process). They are weaned at around 100 days of age, and grow rapidly for the first twenty weeks, reaching the full adult size, and sexual maturity, at the end of their first year. After the weaning of their young, female porcupines can not conceive for another three to five months.
Relative to most other rodents, Cape porcupines are long-lived, surviving for up to 15 years in the wild.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/a ... australis/
http://tenikwa.org/index.php/2012-03-27 ... porcupines
Re: Porcupine - Mammal of the Month: August 2014
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 8:49 pm
Re: Porcupine - Mammal of the Month: August 2014
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 9:23 pm
I found only that
20.3.2013
20.3.2013 Re: Porcupine - Mammal of the Month: August 2014
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 9:21 am
Porcupine left-overs! 
Re: Porcupine - Mammal of the Month: August 2014
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 6:00 pm
Kieliekrankie 12.10.2013
