Porcupine (disambiguation)
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Porcupine
Porcupines are rodents with a coat of sharp spines, or quills, that defend or camouflage them from predators. They are indigenous to the Americas, southern Asia, and Africa. Porcupines are the third largest of the rodents, behind the capybara and the beaver. Most porcupines are about long, with...

is a mammal best known for its coat of sharp spines, or quills, that provides a defense from predators.

Porcupine may also refer to:

Music

  • Porcupine (album)
    Porcupine (album)
    Porcupine is the third studio album by the British post-punk band Echo & the Bunnymen. First released on 4 February 1983, it became the band's highest charting release when it reached number two on the UK Albums Chart despite initially receiving poor reviews...

     by Echo & the Bunnymen
  • Porcupine Tree
    Porcupine Tree
    Porcupine Tree is a progressive rock band formed by Steven Wilson in 1987 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Their music is difficult to categorise, being associated with both psychedelic rock and progressive rock, yet having been influenced by trance, krautrock and ambient due to Steven...

    , an English progressive rock band

Places

  • Porcupine, South Dakota
    Porcupine, South Dakota
    Porcupine is a census-designated place in Shannon County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,062 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Porcupine is located at ....

  • Porcupine, Wisconsin
    Porcupine, Wisconsin
    Porcupine is an unincorporated community located in the town of Frankfort, Pepin County, Wisconsin, United States. Porcupine is southwest of Durand....

  • Porcupine, Ontario, a neighbourhood of Timmins
    • Porcupine Mall
      Porcupine Mall
      The Porcupine Mall is a shopping mall in Timmins, Ontario, located on Highway 101 between the communities of Porcupine and South Porcupine. The mall has a total area of . Its major tenants are Metro , Giant Tiger , Scotiabank and Dollarama...

  • Porcupine Flat Campground
  • Porcupine Gorge National Park
    Porcupine Gorge National Park
    Porcupine Gorge is a national park in Queensland , 1174 km northwest of Brisbane and 60 km north of Hughenden. Established in 1970, Porcupine Gorge has an area of 54.10 km²and is managed by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service...

  • Porcupine Meadows Provincial Park
    Porcupine Meadows Provincial Park
    Porcupine Meadows Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located north of Tranquille Lake to the northwest of Kamloops....

  • Porcupine Mountains
    Porcupine Mountains
    The Porcupine Mountains, or Porkies, are a group of small mountains spanning across the northwestern Upper Peninsula of Michigan in Ontonagon and Gogebic counties, near the shore of Lake Superior. The area is part of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park...

    , Michigan
  • Porcupine Plain, Saskatchewan
    Porcupine Plain, Saskatchewan
    -External links:*...

    • Porcupine Plain Airport
      Porcupine Plain Airport
      Porcupine Plain Airport, , is located north of Porcupine Plain, Saskatchewan, Canada.-External links:* on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory...

  • Porcupine River
    Porcupine River
    The Porcupine River is a river that runs through Alaska and the Yukon. Having its source in the Ogilvie Mountains north of Dawson City, Yukon, it flows north, veers to the southwest, goes through the community of Old Crow, Yukon, flowing into the Yukon River at Fort Yukon, Alaska...

    , a river with its source in the Yukon that flows through Alaska
  • Porcupine River (British Columbia)
    Porcupine River (British Columbia)
    The Porcupine River is a left tributary of the Stikine River in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, entering that stream south of the confluence of the Anuk River and above the confluence of the Iskut....

    , a tributary of the Stikine River in British Columbia
  • Porcupine Creek, also known historically as the Porcupine River, a tributary of the Skagway River in Alaska
  • Porcupine Bank
    Porcupine Bank
    Porcupine Bank is an area of the Irish shelf approximately west of Ireland. The relatively raised area of seabed lies between the deep-water Porcupine Seabight and Rockall Trough....

     is an area of the Irish shelf approximately 200 miles west of Ireland
    • Porcupine Seabight
      Porcupine Seabight
      The Porcupine Seabight is a deep-water basin in the Porcupine Bank in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. It lies southwest of Ireland and is approximately 180 nautical miles by 100 nautical miles . The feature is shaped roughly like an amphitheatre with the deepest point lying to the southwest...

      , a deep-water basin in the Porcupine Bank
    • Porcupine Abyssal Plain
      Porcupine Abyssal Plain
      The Porcupine Abyssal Plain , located in international waters, is adjacent to the Irish continental margin. The PAP lies beyond the Porcupine Bank's deepest point and is southwest of it. It is a muddy seabed, with scattered abyssal hills that covers an area approximately half the size of Europe's...

      , an abyssal plain adjacent to the Irish continental margin

Other

  • HMS Porcupine
    HMS Porcupine
    Nine vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Porcupine, after the porcupine, a rodent belonging to the families Erethizontidae or Hystricidae....

  • Porcupine caribou
    Porcupine caribou
    The Porcupine caribou or Grant's caribou is a subspecies of the caribou found in Alaska and adjacent parts of Canada. It resembles the Barren-ground Caribou and is sometimes included in it....

  • Porcupine (comics)
    Porcupine (comics)
    Porcupine is the name of three fictional characters in Marvel Comics. Two of them are super-villains.-Fictional character biography:Alexander Gentry, was originally a scientist who worked as a weapons designer for the United States Army, conceived the idea of designing a battle-suit in imitation of...

    , a fictional Marvel Comics character
  • Porcupine flower, a plant from India
  • Porcupine Gold Rush
    Porcupine Gold Rush
    The Porcupine Gold Rush was a gold rush that took place in Northern Ontario starting in 1909 and developing fully by 1911. A combination of the hard rock of the Canadian Shield and the rapid capitalization of mining meant that smaller companies and single-man operations could not effectively mine...

  • USS Porcupine (IX-126)
    USS Porcupine (IX-126)
    USS Porcupine , an Armadillo-class tanker designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the porcupine....

  • the members of the Free State Project are often referred to as porcupines or Porcs
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