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What Is a Baby Porcupine Called? Porcupette
A baby porcupine is called a porcupette. Below you will find what baby porcupines eat, how they grow and which other animals share the same baby name.
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A baby porcupine is called a porcupette.
Say the word together, then read two quick facts to remember it.
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Say “porcupette”
A baby porcupine is called a porcupette. Say it slowly and clap for each part of the word.
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Growing up
A young porcupine grows into an adult that is about 60 to 90 cm long.
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Fun fact
A porcupine can have about 30,000 quills.
Act it outPretend to be a porcupette with a parent.
Write itWrite “porcupette” and circle the first letter.
Match gameSay an animal, your child says its baby name.
Similar animals
More Baby Animal Names
Learn these together with the porcupine. Tap a name to hear it.
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A baby lobster is called a larva. Lobsters have a hard shell and two big front claws. They crawl along the ocean floor on their walking legs.
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A baby pig is called a piglet. Pigs are very smart and can learn their own names. They roll in mud to cool off because they cannot sweat much.
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A baby polar bear is called a cub. Polar bears have black skin under their thick white fur. They are strong swimmers and hunt seals from the sea ice.
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Quick quiz
Baby Name Quiz: Porcupine
A tiny game to check what stuck. Read the question out loud and let your little one tap the answer.
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Questions About Baby Porcupines
A baby porcupine is called a porcupette. A porcupine can have about 30,000 quills.
Baby porcupines drink their mother’s milk at first, then start eating bark, leaves and stems.
Porcupines live for about 15 to 20 years.
A group of porcupines is called a prickle.
They grow up where their parents live: the Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia (forests).
Yes. The porcupine is a mammal.