CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PORCUPINE 



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Pennsylvania, Ohio, and thence northward and northwest- 

 ward to Fort Churchill on Hudson Bay. The West and 

 Northwest are the home of another species, known as the 



Sanbom, Photo., N. Y. Zoological Park. 



CANADA POECUPINE. 



Yellow-Haired Porcupine.^ Large specimens weigh from 

 25 to 30 pounds. The flesh is not palatable to white men, 

 but is eaten by Indians. 



The Canada Porcupine never should be called a "hedge- 

 hog," because the latter is not a gnawing animal, but a 



' E. ep-i-xan'ihus. 



