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Porcupine: Profile and Information

The name “porcupine” comes from the Middle French word porch’ pine, meaning “thorny pork.” Hence, the nickname/ Latin name of “quill pig” for the animal.

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Sable: Profile and Information

The sable (Martes zibellina) is one of the marten species, a small omnivorous mammal mainly in Russia’s forest area, from the Ural Mountains in Siberia and northern Mongolia.