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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Â© A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

porcupine
1. (Old World) See HYSTRICIDAE.

2. (New World) See ERETHIZONTIDAE.

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