A porcupine is a mammal best known for its coat of sharp spines, or quills, that provides a defense from predators.
Porcupine may also refer to:
Biology Porcupine caribou, a subspecies of the caribou also called Grant's caribou Porcupine flower, a plant from India Porcupinefish, also commonly called blowfish Porcupine, a protein encoded by the PORCN gene
Places Porcupine Mountains, Michigan Porcupine Hills, Manitoba and Saskatchewan Porcupine Hills Formation, Alberta
Bodies of water Porcupine River, a river with its source in the Yukon that flows through Alaska Porcupine River (British Columbia), a tributary of the Stikine River in British Columbia Porcupine Creek, also known historically as the Porcupine River, a tributary of the Skagway River in Alaska Porcupine Bank, an area of seabed on the Irish shelf Porcupine Seabight, a deep-water basin in the Porcupine Bank Porcupine Abyssal Plain, an abyssal plain adjacent to the Irish continental margin
Parks Porcupine Provincial Forest, Saskatchewan and Manitoba Porcupine Flat Campground Porcupine Gorge National Park Porcupine Meadows Provincial Park, British Columbia
Towns Australia Porcupine, Queensland, a locality in the Shire of Flinders
Canada Porcupine, Ontario, a neighbourhood of Timmins Rural Municipality of Porcupine No. 395, Saskatchewan Porcupine Plain, Saskatchewan
United States Porcupine, North Dakota Porcupine, South Dakota Porcupine, Wisconsin
Other uses Porcupine (album), by Echo & the Bunnymen Porcupine (Cheyenne) (c. 1848-1929), a chief and medicine man Porcupine (character), a fictional Marvel Comics character The Porcupine, a 1992 novel by Julian Barnes
AJS Porcupine, a racing motorcycle Porcupine Freedom Festival Porcupine Gold Rush A mascot of the Libertarian Party of the United States A participant in the Free State Project, an American political movement A nickname given to Larry Fine of The Three Stooges A nickname given to the 427 Chevrolet big-block