==Justifying the "lumping" of Old World and New World porcupines into a single baramin==
==Justifying the "lumping" of Old World and New World porcupines into a single baramin==
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Old World (Hystricid) and New World (Erethizontid) porcupines are remarkably similar. Both have long quills, a tubby body shape and cavimorph dentition.
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[[File:Porcupine - Ялтинский зоопарк 079.jpg|thumbnail|An Old World Porcupine in a zoo at Yalta, Russia.]]
==Hypothesizing on traits of the original members of the porcupine baramin==
==Hypothesizing on traits of the original members of the porcupine baramin==