FIG. 11 in Phylogenetic Relationships of New World Porcupines (Rodentia, Erethizontidae): Implications for Taxonomy, Morphological Evolution, and Biogeography

FIG. 11. Camera-trap photograph of two Coendou bicolor visiting a mineral lick near the Centro de Investigación Río Los Amigos, Madre de Dios, Peru (courtesy of Dyana LaRosa). In situations like this, porcupines are probably exposed to a greater risk of predation than they would be in the canopy. Coendou prehensilis is the only other Neotropical species known to frequent mineral licks (Montenegro, 2004; Blake et al., 2011).