豪豬
Also known as porcupines
Porcupines are large rodents with coats of sharp spines, or quills, that protect them against predators. The term covers two families of animals, the Old World porcupines in the family Hystricidae, and the New World porcupines in the family Erethizontidae. Both families display superficially similar coats of rigid or semirigid quills, which are modified hairs composed of keratin, and belong to the infraorder Hystricognathi within the diverse order Rodentia. The two groups are distinct and are not closely related to each other within the Hystricognathi. The largest species of porcupine is the t
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Porcupines are large rodents covered with sharp, protective spines called quills that are made of keratin and defend them against predators. There are two distinct families of porcupines—Old World porcupines and New World porcupines—that evolved separately but developed similar quill-covered coats as a defense strategy.
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Research
983 papers- Porcupine inhibitors: Novel and emerging anti-cancer therapeutics targeting the Wnt signaling pathway.ReviewPharmacological research · 2021Shah K, Panchal S, Patel BDOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2021.105532
- Porcupine inhibition enhances hypertrophic cartilage differentiation.JBMR plus · 2025Killinger M, Szotkowská T, Lusková D et al.DOI: 10.1093/jbmrpl/ziaf048
- Porcupine inhibitor CGX1321 alleviates heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in mice by blocking WNT signaling.Acta pharmacologica Sinica · 2023Wu H, Tang LX, Wang XM et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41401-022-01025-y
- Nuclear porcupine mediates XRCC6/Ku70 S-palmitoylation in the DNA damage response.Experimental hematology & oncology · 2024Chen Y, Xiao M, Mo Y et al.DOI: 10.1186/s40164-024-00572-w
Article · 中文
豪豬，又稱箭豬，是一類披有尖刺的齧齒目，可以用來防禦掠食者。豪豬是齧齒目中體型第三大的，僅次於水豚及河狸，但與刺蝟不同。大部份豪豬約長60—90厘米，尾巴長20—25厘米，重5—16公斤。牠們圓潤及行動緩慢。豪豬有褐色、灰色及白色。 不同豪豬物種的刺有不同的形狀，不過所有都是改變了的毛髮，表面上有一層，嵌入在皮膚的肌肉組織。舊大陸豪豬（豪豬科）的刺是一束束的，而新大陸豪豬（美洲豪豬科）的刺則是與毛髮夾雜在一起。 豪豬的刺銳利，很易脫落，會刺入攻擊者中。牠們的刺有倒鈎，可以掛在皮膚上，很難除去。牠們的刺長75毫米及闊2毫米。若刺鈎在攻擊者的組織上，在正常的肌肉運動下，倒鈎會令刺插得更深，每日可以深入約幾毫米。曾有掠食者因被刺刺中及感染而死去，在死去後刺仍會繼續嵌入體內。古代相信豪豬可以擲出牠們刺來攻擊敵人，但其實是錯誤的。 在非洲及阿拉伯的一些地區，豪豬可以作為叢林肉食用。牠的肉在義大利及越南的一些地區很受歡迎。 豪豬分佈在亞洲、義大利、非洲、北美洲及南美洲的熱帶及溫帶。豪豬生活在森林、沙漠及草原。有一些住在樹上，其他的則留在地上。 豪豬會在人類棲息地尋找鹽，會吃以硝酸鈉保存的夾板、某些油漆、手工具、鞋、衣服及其他會有汗液的物件。豪豬會被用在溶雪的岩鹽吸引到路上，且會咬輪胎。若有可以阻礙豪豬的破壞。 豪豬可以從有豐富鹽份的植物、活動物的骨頭、樹皮、土壤及有尿液的物件獲得天然的鹽。
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