The Mexican Porcupine is a small, arboreal porcupine of tropical forests in Mexico and Central America with a prehensile tail for gripping branches. It is largely nocturnal and spends most of its life in trees, descending to the ground only rarely. Unlike the North American porcupine, the Mexican porcupine does not have a thick spiny coat—its quills are shorter and more mixed with regular hairs.
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