American Museum of Natural History
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Meet the thin-spined porcupine! This nocturnal rodent, also known as the bristle-spined rat, is found only in parts of northern and central Brazil. Unlike many other porcupines, this one's quills are more like bristles than spines!
Photo: ultimosrefugios, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNautralist
