Porcupine Collection

Sunderland Flying Boat
The cockpit of a Sunderland Flying Boat aeroplane, proto 1937. During World War Two it was used for destroying U- Boats and the was nicknamed The Porcupine by the Germans Date: 1937

Emblem of Louis XII
A porcupine - the emblem of Louis XII at the Castle in Blois, France. Louis (r. 14981515), inherited the emblem of the porcupine from his grandfather. Date: circa 1910s

Armored catfish species, Acanthicus hystrix. Porcupine acanthicus, Acanthicus histrix. Fort St. Joaquin in the distance. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum (Canada porcupine, Hystrix dorsata). Illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom

Canada - Ontario - Mining Town - South Porcupine - A fire behind a Supply Store on Julyy 11, 1911. Date: 1911

Porcupine

Armadillo and tree porcupine
Nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, or Kapplers armadillo, Dasypus kappleri and South American tree porcupine, Coendou prehensilis

Brazilian bearded monkey species and crested porcupine, Hystrix cristata. Le petit marmot siflant du Bresil, Cercopithecus barbatus, un porc epic d Afrique)

Rhinoceros, zebra, porcupine and babirusa
Indian rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, plains zebra, Equus quagga, male 2, female 3, Indian porcupine, Hystrix indica, and Sulawesi babirusa, Babyrousa celebensis

PORCUPINE MEXICAN TREE
Mexican Tree Porcupine (synetheres prehensilis) in an aquarium at Le Havre. Date: 1885

Canada - Ontario - Mining Town - Porcupine City - Shuniah Hotel with two guests. Date: 1910

Siena, Italy - Costume of the Contrada dell Istrice
Costumes of the Contrada of Istrice (Porcupine), Siena, Italy. At birth you become a member of one of the 17 Contrade (Districts) and your life revolves around your Contrada

Brazilian Porcupine
histrix prehensilis It preys by night and sleeps in the day. It makes a noise like the grunting of a Swine, and grows very fat

Porcupine (Bewick)
histrix cristata Bewick says that the quills are a defensive rather than offensive weapon, but are nonetheless very effective. This was drawn from life

Hystrix cristata; Crested Porcupine
Illustration from the Thomas Hardwicke Collection; 1823 Date: 1823

African crested porcupine, Atherurus africanus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Long tailed porcupine, Trichys fasciculata.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature (1798-1802)

Brasilian porcupine, Coendou prehensilis.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature (1798-1802)

Crested porcupine, Hystrix cristata, and urson or North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science

Cartoon, The Cult of Queer Pets, showing people in the street, taking their various odd pets for a walk. A lady had recently been seen in Bond Street, London, with a small pig on a lead. Date: 1914

Porcupine and Snakes
An encounter between a porcupine and some snakes; neither seems to care for the other very much... 1810

Odd fish by Louis Wain
Odd fish at the international fisheries exhibtion, South Kensington, 1883. Date: 1883

Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Porcupine
The fretful porcupine (H. Riley Thornback Esq.) Illustration from a series of shadow portraits of fictional characters by Charles H Bennett entitled Shadow and Substance, 1860

Origin Species, CH Bennett, Wit - owl
An owl to wit. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a wit, from a candle, via a porcupine and owl

Malaca Porcupine
Though less picturesque than the common variety, this rodent quadruped of the hystericidae family knows how to defend itself from its predators

PORCUPINE
Rodent quadruped of the hystericidae family. Its erectile spines, or quills, are a protective device of great effectiveness

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