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ABSTRACT Porcupine, Hystrix indica lives in burrows which are long and deep in loamy soil but short and shallow in stony land. Porcupine food consists of roots and bark of succulent plants, agricultural crops and perennial grasses. Trees are debarked, young plants and shisham stumps are uprooted. They breed twice a year and usually give birth to tow young ones who live initially in mother's milk switching to tender barks 2-3 months later.