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Definition of Brush-tailed porcupine
1. Noun. Porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail.
Exact synonyms: Brush-tail Porcupine
Generic synonyms: Old World Porcupine
Group relationships: Atherurus, Genus Atherurus
Generic synonyms: Old World Porcupine
Group relationships: Atherurus, Genus Atherurus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brush-tailed Porcupine
Literary usage of Brush-tailed porcupine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Liberia by Harry Hamilton Johnston, Otto Stapf (1906)
"... there are two kinds, the common species {Hystrix cristata), which inhabits
Southern Europe, North-east and West Africa ; and the brush-tailed porcupine, ..."
2. Miscellaneous Papers Relating to Indo-China and the Indian Archipelago by Reinhold Rost (1887)
"We must now speak of the long brush-tailed porcupine, and to prove (what is in
fact the general opinion) that the Hystrix macrura is nothing else than the ..."
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