Porcupine Collection

Prehensile-tailed Porcupine
KF-11681 Prehensile-tailed / Brazilian PORCUPINE Northern South America Coedou prehensilis Kenneth W Fink Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Sunderland Flying Boat
The cockpit of a Sunderland Flying Boat aeroplane, proto 1937. During World War Two it was used for destroying U- Boats and the was nicknamed The Porcupine by the Germans Date: 1937

USA, Wyoming, Sublette County, a porcupine sits in a willow tree in February

Emblem of Louis XII
A porcupine - the emblem of Louis XII at the Castle in Blois, France. Louis (r. 14981515), inherited the emblem of the porcupine from his grandfather. Date: circa 1910s

Prehensile-tailed Porcupine
KF-10717 Prehensile-tailed Porcupine Coendou prehensilis Kenneth W Fink Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

27169_work
A captive baby porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), Animals of Montana, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, North America

Jannifer Waight 4 1 / 2 yrs. With Porcupine at the London Zoo. London, February 1953 D898
Jannifer Waight 4 1/2 yrs. With Porcupine at the London Zoo. London, February 1953 D898

A porcupine
5312041 A porcupine; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a porcupine Porcupines are rodentian mammals with a coat of sharp spines, or quills, that protect against predators)

Armored catfish species, Acanthicus hystrix. Porcupine acanthicus, Acanthicus histrix. Fort St
FLO4649744 Armored catfish species, Acanthicus hystrix. Porcupine acanthicus, Acanthicus histrix. Fort St. Joaquin in the distance. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

A porcupine
5312039 A porcupine; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a porcupine Porcupines are rodentian mammals with a coat of sharp spines, or quills, that protect against predators)

Traditional hairpiece made from dyed porcupine hair and e
3520568 Traditional hairpiece made from dyed porcupine hair and e; (add.info.: Traditional hairpiece made from dyed porcupine hair from the Southern Plains area, U.S.A)

Medici Tigurini Historiae animalium
2626611 Medici Tigurini Historiae animalium; (add.info.: Illustration of a porcupine, from medici Tigurini Historiae animalium Historia animalium 1564; a veterinary anatomical book)

Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine, Atherurus macrourus. (Long-tailed porcupine)
FLO4640817 Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine, Atherurus macrourus. (Long-tailed porcupine, Hystrix macrourus) Handcoloured copperplate engraving from " The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine

African crested porcupine, Atherurus africanus
5856453 African crested porcupine, Atherurus africanus; (add.info.: African crested porcupine Atherurus africanus Hand-colored copperplate engraving from a drawing by Johann Ihle from Ebenezer)

Porcupine caterpillar of the bagworm moth. Psychidae species, of New South Wales, Australia
FLO4640835 Porcupine caterpillar of the bagworm moth. Psychidae species, of New South Wales, Australia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from " The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine

Armored catfish species, Acanthicus hystrix. Porcupine acanthicus, Acanthicus histrix. Fort St. Joaquin in the distance. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum (Canada porcupine, Hystrix dorsata). Illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom

Canada - Ontario - Mining Town - South Porcupine - A fire behind a Supply Store on Julyy 11, 1911. Date: 1911

Grotesque paintings from the Vatican loggias, Rome, Italy, (1928). Creator: Unknown
Grotesque paintings from the Vatican loggias, Rome, Italy, (1928). 1517-1519...The Loggie were started in the summer of 1517 and are stated as being completed on 4th May, 1519

North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) in snow, Vermont, USA. (Habituated rescued individual returned to the wild)

Noah's Ark, leaf from Book of Hours, c1465-1470. Creator: Unknown
Noah's Ark, leaf from Book of Hours, c1465-1470. The animals boarding the ark two-by-two

Daoist Immortal with Porcupine, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Daoist Immortal with Porcupine, 18th century

Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra): Plate XVII, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra): Plate XVII, c. 1575/1580

Child and porcupine, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown
Child and porcupine, between c1900 and c1930

Porcupine-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Porcupine-Cheyenne, c1910. Porcupine, a Cheyenne man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, wearing a wreath of cottonwood leaves on his head

Baby porcupine in tree
Jim Cumming

Annunciation from Book of Hours, MS 92 f.27r, Western France, 1490-1510 (pen & ink with tempera on parchment)
8374249 Annunciation from Book of Hours, MS 92 f.27r, Western France, 1490-1510 (pen & ink with tempera on parchment) by French School, (15th-16th century); 22.8 x 14.8 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum

Peeking Hedgehog
Kathrin Pienaar

Porcupine

Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine
Milan Zygmunt

Crested Porcupine and it's reflection
Sheila Xu

The wolf and the porcupine by Roger L Estrange. 1811 (etching)
7235852 The wolf and the porcupine by Roger L Estrange. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A wolf tries to trick a porcupine to remove its quills. Wolf and porcupine)

Landscape with an Episode from the Conquest of America, c. 1535 (oil on panel)
4071470 Landscape with an Episode from the Conquest of America, c.1535 (oil on panel) by Mostaert, Jan (c.1475-c.1555); 86.5x152.5 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Digging Out and Capturing Porcupines, plate 54, illustration from Venationes, Ferarum, Avium
746986 Digging Out and Capturing Porcupines, plate 54, illustration from Venationes, Ferarum, Avium, Piscium (Of Hunting: Wild Beasts, Birds, Fish), engraved by Jan Collaert (1566-1628), pub

A porcupines sharp quills drive out a nest of snakes from a cav 1811 (etching)
7235824 A porcupines sharp quills drive out a nest of snakes from a cav 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A porcupine agrees to share a cave with a nest of snakes)

DDE-90200101
barren ground caribou, Rangifer tarandus, bull with velvet antlers, porcupine herd, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska Date: 04-10-2006

DDE-90039108
Vivid sunrise over Lake of the Clouds looking into the Big Carp River Valley in autumn at Porcupine Mountains State Park, Michigan, USA. Date: 24/11/2013

DDE-90039107
Photographers capture a vivid sunrise over Lake of the Clouds in autumn at Porcupine Mountains State Park, Michigan, USA. Date: 24/11/2013

DDE-90039106
Vivid sunrise over Lake of the Clouds in autumn at Porcupine Mountains State Park, Michigan, USA. Date: 24/11/2013

DDE-90039105
Vivid sunrise over Lake of the Clouds in autumn at Porcupine Mountains State Park, Michigan, USA. Date: 24/11/2013

DDE-90039104
Vivid sunrise over Lake of the Clouds in autumn at Porcupine Mountains State Park, Michigan, USA. Date: 24/11/2013

DDE-90027075
Porcupine Fish (Diodon hystrix), Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean Date: 07/11/2007

DDE-90027065
Porcupine Fish (Diodon hystrix), Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean Date: 07/11/2007

At the Zoo: Porcupine (colour litho)
7192219 At the Zoo: Porcupine (colour litho) by Sargent, Louis Augustus (b.1881); Private Collection; (add.info.: Porcupine)

With a Canadian Pacific Railway Survey-Party, Rocky Mountains Division (engraving)
1061725 With a Canadian Pacific Railway Survey-Party, Rocky Mountains Division (engraving) by Durand, Godefroy (1832-1896); Private Collection; (add.info)

Eurasian beaver and Indian crested porcupine. 1774 (engraving)
7233229 Eurasian beaver and Indian crested porcupine. 1774 (engraving) by Martinet, Francois Nicolas (1731-1800); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eurasian beaver, Castor fiber)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Herisson; Hedge-hog; Igel (engraving)
7196334 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Herisson; Hedge-hog; Igel (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Herisson; Hedge-hog; Igel)

ALPHABET OF GROTESQUES Urson, circa 1890 (illustration)
7206931 ALPHABET OF GROTESQUES Urson, circa 1890 (illustration) by French School, (20th century); 16, 5x11 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: U: Urson)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Porc-epic; Porcupine; Stachelthier (engraving)
7197202 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Porc-epic; Porcupine; Stachelthier (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Porc-epic; Porcupine; Stachelthier)

Lion cubs and a porcupine (litho)
7201135 Lion cubs and a porcupine (litho) by Dixon, Harry (1861-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lion cubs and a porcupine)

Kittens baffled by a hedgehog (colour litho)
7157321 Kittens baffled by a hedgehog (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kittens baffled by a hedgehog)

A Picture Puzzle, Find Twenty Birds or Beasts (litho)
7182162 A Picture Puzzle, Find Twenty Birds or Beasts (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Picture Puzzle, Find Twenty Birds or Beasts)

Boys pets (litho)
7201150 Boys pets (litho) by Lydon, Alexander Francis (1836-1917) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boys pets. Illustration from The Boys Own Annual (Boys Own Paper Office, London)

The Fables of Aesop: The Porcupine and the Snakes (litho)
7155736 The Fables of Aesop: The Porcupine and the Snakes (litho) by Stephens, Henry Louis (1824-82); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Porcupine and the Snakes)

Vermin and their Destruction (colour litho)
7169103 Vermin and their Destruction (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vermin and their Destruction)

A hedgehog in a landscape (bodycolour on vellum)
6432327 A hedgehog in a landscape (bodycolour on vellum) by Garzoni, Giovanna (1600-70); 23.5x38 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Italian, out of copyright

USA, Alaska. Caribou of the Porcupine Herd on the North Slope crossing the Sag River near Prudhoe Bay

Animals of the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France (coloured engraving)
5998806 Animals of the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Animals of the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France)

The Month of July / Chateau of Vincennes, from the series of tapestries
XIR391189 The Month of July/ Chateau of Vincennes, from the series of tapestries The Months or Royal Residences, produced in the Gobelins Workshop for Louis XIV (tapestry) by Le Brun

Animals and plants of Equatorial Guinea (colour litho)
3101075 Animals and plants of Equatorial Guinea (colour litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Animals and plants of Equatorial Guinea: Gorilla, Leopard)

Earth or The Earthly Paradise, 1607-08 (oil on copper)
PWI93899 Earth or The Earthly Paradise, 1607-08 (oil on copper) by Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625); 40x53 cm; Louvre, Paris

A to Z of animals (coloured engraving)
5998839 A to Z of animals (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A to Z of animals)

Orpheus Charming the Beasts (oil on panel)
3937458 Orpheus Charming the Beasts (oil on panel) by Savery, Roelandt Jacobsz (1576-1639) (follower of); 73x105 cm; National Museum, Stockholm

The noble banquet celebrating the marriage of Cupid and Psyche
BEN78420 The noble banquet celebrating the marriage of Cupid and Psyche, detail showing the head of Apollo with a procession of exotic animals in the background, from the Sala di Amore e Psiche

Brazilian bearded monkey species and crested porcupine, Hystrix cristata. Le petit marmot siflant du Bresil, Cercopithecus barbatus, un porc epic d Afrique)

Rhinoceros, zebra, porcupine and babirusa
Indian rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, plains zebra, Equus quagga, male 2, female 3, Indian porcupine, Hystrix indica, and Sulawesi babirusa, Babyrousa celebensis

The Entry of the Animals into Noahs Ark (oil on panel)
3742543 The Entry of the Animals into Noahs Ark (oil on panel) by Brueghel, Jan the Younger (1601-78); 60x90 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Cabinet d Histoire Naturelle, from La Caricature, pub
3258447 Cabinet d Histoire Naturelle, from La Caricature, pub. 1833 (hand coloured lithograph) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A North American Porcupine, on a branch in its enclosure
2652644 A North American Porcupine, on a branch in its enclosure, at London Zoo in 1923 (b/w photo) by Bond, Frederick William (1887-1942)

Porcupine (coloured engraving)
1000201 Porcupine (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustrator:A. Fleischmann Engraver:A)

Asiatic Brush-tailed Porcupine (coloured engraving)
1000221 Asiatic Brush-tailed Porcupine (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Engraver)

The porcupine in the tree, and flight of the sun woman (colour litho)
980501 The porcupine in the tree, and flight of the sun woman (colour litho) by American School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The porcupine in the tree)

Clever Animals (coloured engraving)
979163 Clever Animals (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clever Animals.); © Look and Learn

The porcupine and the snakes (engraving)
3624929 The porcupine and the snakes (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The porcupine and the snakes. Illustration for Aesops Fables (Bliss Sands, 1897)

The fretful porcupine (coloured engraving)
3641904 The fretful porcupine (coloured engraving) by Bennett, Charles Henry (1828-67); Private Collection; (add.info.: The fretful porcupine)

Advertisement for the appearance of a collection of rare animals, including a lion, tiger
584464 Advertisement for the appearance of a collection of rare animals, including a lion, tiger, porcupine and ape (engraving) by English School

Flying Squirrels, Common Squirrel, Chinchilla and Porcupine
LLM457010 Flying Squirrels, Common Squirrel, Chinchilla and Porcupine by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Flying Squirrels, Common Squirrel, Chinchilla and Porcupine)

The Latest Results of Animal Training (engraving)
3627903 The Latest Results of Animal Training (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Latest Results of Animal Training)

The Northampton Vase, black figure neck amphora, probably Etruria, c
CH440539 The Northampton Vase, black figure neck amphora, probably Etruria, c.540 BC (ceramic) (see also 440538 and 440540) by Greek

Orpheus Charming the Animals with his Music, 1627 (oil on panel)
5863965 Orpheus Charming the Animals with his Music, 1627 (oil on panel) by Savery, Roelandt Jacobsz. (1576-1639); 62x131.5 cm; Mauritshuis, The Hague

Stachelschwein (chromolitho)
5211291 Stachelschwein (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stachelschwein. Illustration for Brehms Thierleben Allgemeine Kunde des Thierreichs)

Woman in the porcupine hairstyle, 1798 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
5986555 Woman in the porcupine hairstyle, 1798 (handcoloured copperplate engraving) by French School, (18th century); (add.info.: Woman in the porcupine hairstyle, 1798)

Ms Fr 2810 f. 18, Porcupine hunt in Badakhehan, from Livre des Merveilles du Monde, c. 1410-12 (tempera on vellum)
1744354 Ms Fr 2810 f.18, Porcupine hunt in Badakhehan, from Livre des Merveilles du Monde, c.1410-12 (tempera on vellum) by French School, (15th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Cuandu, 1860 (colour litho)
998807 Cuandu, 1860 (colour litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: From A Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populAaren Naturgeschichte der SAaugetiere in ihren)

For sale as Licensed Images

Choose your image, Select your licence and Download the media

In the picturesque Sublette County of Wyoming, a prehensile-tailed porcupine gracefully perches on a willow tree in the midst of February's frosty embrace. With its quills glistening under the winter sun, this remarkable creature captivates our attention. Porcupines have long been associated with strength and resilience, symbolizing these qualities as an emblem of Louis XII. Just like the Sunderland Flying Boat soaring through the skies, they possess a unique ability to adapt and survive in diverse environments. From Vermont's lush forests to Ontario's mining towns, North American porcupines leave their mark wherever they roam. Feasting on young spruce trees or playfully peeking out from behind foliage like a mischievous hedgehog, these creatures bring life and charm to their surroundings. Even across continents at London Zoo in 1953, Jannifer Waight found herself enchanted by a friendly porcupine companion. Their bond transcended borders and reminded us of the universal joy that animals can bring into our lives. Not limited to land-dwelling species alone, even underwater realms boast their own armored catfish species known as Acanthicus hystrix. These fascinating creatures share similarities with their terrestrial counterparts – both adorned with protective spikes that serve as nature's defense mechanism. Whether it be Canada or beyond, porcupines continue to leave an indelible impression on our world. From being admired for their tenacity amidst fiery challenges faced by South Porcupine supply stores or simply existing harmoniously within nature’s tapestry - these enchanting beings remind us of nature’s wonders and its power to inspire awe within us all.