National Zoo announces porcupine birth

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WASHINGTON 鈥� The National Zoo may be shy a panda after , but now it鈥檚 up one porcupine.

The zoo announced Friday the birth of a prehensile-tailed porcupine. The baby porcupine was born some time overnight between Wednesday and Thursday, the zoo said.

The porcupette 鈥� as infant porcupines are adorably called 鈥� is the third offspring born to the zoo鈥檚 adult prehensile-tailed porcupines, Bess and Clark.

Keepers hope to be able to determine the sex of the porcupette over the next week or so, the zoo said in a news release.

The porcupines live in the Small Mammal House exhibit at the zoo.

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