Porcupine skull

The porcupine is a mammal belonging to the family of porcupines in the order Rodentia. Extremely large in size. Eyes and ears are very small; The skull is sturdy, with well-developed occipital spine, and the nasal bone is long and wide, longer than half of the total length of the skull; A cavity with expansion and inflation; Sunken snout and large nasal cavity; The whole body is covered with thorns, the buttocks are particularly long, and the tail is hidden inside the thorns. The base of the thorns on the forehead and back is light brown in color, while the upper part is white; The body is dark brown with a white stripe on the neck. Porcupines mostly inhabit mountainous environments and are difficult to control on a large scale. They are often caught using physical equipment. Due to the increasing depletion and extinction of wild porcupines, the Chinese forestry department has listed them as protected species and banned hunting.