Hey all,

Thanks for all the replies, some good information here. Combined with the information I have gathered here and elsewhere, it seems that there are still porcupines in southern Arizona but in low numbers. If I find any in my searching, I'll be sure to let you know.

Here are some resources if folks are interested in learning more:

http://www.nps.gov/sagu/naturescience/u ... _Final.pdf

( 2018-08-28 dead link removed )

https://kxci.org/2014/01/disappearing-porcupines/

Hi all, I am a biologist living in Tucson, and, like other biologists down here, have become concerned about the status of porcupines in southern Arizona. I recently contacted a lot of professionals in the area asking for recent porcupine sightings, but the majority of the sightings are from the lat...