The Forth Worth Zoo in Texas welcomed a new porcupette — a baby prehensile-tailed porcupine — on May 17. The zoo plans to find out the newborn's sex via a quill DNA test.

This was Clark, who was a prehensile-tailed porcupine. According to the zoo, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plan recommended that Clark and the female, Bess, should mate.

Meet Quilliam, the roughly 2-month-old prehensile-tailed porcupine at Washington’s National Zoo. The porcupette, which is the name for a baby porcupine, had an online naming contest last week ...

The prehensile tailed porcupine has a typical life expectancy of 12 to 17 years in human care, and they are excellent climbers who spent the majority of their time in trees, ...

Prehensile means “capable of grasping,” and this type of porcupine uses its tail, which does not have quills on its underside, to grip branches and get around the forest canopy with ease.

Rico, a 9-year-old prehensile-tailed Brazilian porcupine who has been delighting visitors at the Cincinnati Zoo for years, ...

Mocha the prehensile-tailed porcupine at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo isn't even a year old yet. She arrived in late spring to serve as an animal ambassador. By going on trips around ...

In the early hours of May 17, Fort Worth Zoo in Texas welcomed its first prehensile-tailed porcupine baby. The tiny, fluffy porcupette is an offspring of mom Piper and dad Quilliam.

Prehensile-tailed Porcupine Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Click to open ... Mammalia,Phylum: Chordata,Kingdom: Animalia,Rodent,Prehensile-tailed ...

JUPITER FARMS, Fla. — Quinn the prehensile-tailed porcupine lives at Mandalay Farms, a private zoo and equestrian center in Jupiter Farms. According to the farms operator, Karin Taylor, one of ...

Quinn and Seamus at the Milwaukee County Zoo welcomed a new prehensile-tailed porcupine on June 4. This marks their fifth baby, or porcupette. Her name has not yet been decided.Initially weighing ...

The baby prehensile-tailed porcupine, weighing just 404 grams, was born on May 17 The Fort Worth Zoo in Texas is celebrating an adorable new addition to its family: a porcupette The prehensile ...