"Porcupines" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Common name for large, quilled rodents (RODENTIA) comprised of two families: Old World porcupines (Hystricidae) and New World porcupines (Erethizontidae).
| Descriptor ID |
D046328
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.313.992.692
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| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Porcupines" by people in Profiles.
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Coronavirus testing indicates transmission risk increases along wildlife supply chains for human consumption in Viet Nam, 2013-2014. PLoS One. 2020; 15(8):e0237129.
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Porcupine gnaw marks on a Late Pliocene bone from the Upper Siwaliks exposed near Village Khetpurali (Haryana, India). An Acad Bras Cienc. 2019 Feb 14; 91(1):e20170910.