They all have large brains and appear to have good memories. Their range is South Panama, Andes from Northwest Columbia to North Argentina and Northwest Brazil. While in the wild, the porcupine eats leaves, tender stems and fruits. Sometimes it even eats crops from farmer s fields. There is no breeding season.
Females mate right after the young is born.
Gestation lasts 203 days after one young is born. Normally, only one infant is born at a time. The infants are covered with short spines that are flexible at birth and harden soon afterwards. Young weigh 415 grams at birth and can climb almost immediately. Adult size is reached in less than a year.