A couple of nights ago I was lucky enough to get a good look at a baby Coendou mexicanus -- an arboreal porcupine! He/she was walking along the railing on the bridge and just stopped and started mewing. I really like this little guy's bulbous nose and although he looks kind of fluffy, this species has spines underneath all that coarse hair. After a few minutes, he climbed up a cable and completed his journey to the other side of the river. This is only the second Coendou that I've encountered in the wild and the first baby that I've ever seen!
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