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==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==

Old World (Hystricid) and New World (Erethizontid) porcupines are remarkably similar. Both have long quills, a tubby body shape and cavimorph dentition.  

Old World (Hystricid) and New World (Erethizontid) porcupines are remarkably similar. Both have long quills, a tubby body shape and cavimorph dentition. In addition, both have  comparatively thick tails, which they can swing at enemies to belabor them with quills. <ref>http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/animals/mammals/porcupine.htm</ref><ref>http://www.catskillmountaineer.com/animals-porcupine.html</ref>

[[File:Porcupine - Ялтинский зоопарк 079.jpg|thumbnail|An Old World Porcupine in a zoo at Yalta, Russia.]]

[[File:Porcupine - Ялтинский зоопарк 079.jpg|thumbnail|An Old World Porcupine in a zoo at Yalta, Russia.]]

[[File:Hystrix brachyura, Malayan porcupine.jpg|thumbnail|left|A Malayan porcupine, ''Hystrix brachyura'', an Old World porcupine.]]

[[File:Hystrix brachyura, Malayan porcupine.jpg|thumbnail|left|A Malayan porcupine, ''Hystrix brachyura'', an Old World porcupine.]]