What are the natural predators of porcupines?

One of the few animals that successfully hunts porcupines is the fisher. These ferocious little carnivores were named on accident (they don’t eat fish) and have a large appetite for porcupines. read more

Porcupines are covered with quills that painfully stick into almost any predator that tries to attack them. For this reason, porcupines do not have to fear being eaten by very many animals. Three animals, however, has figured out how to eat porcupines. Bobcats, cougars and fishers have learned that a porcupine has no quills on its stomach. read more

Predators. Natural predators of this species include fishers (a cat-sized mustelid), wolverines, coyotes, wolves, American black bears, and cougars, as well as humans. The only known avian predators of this species are golden eagles and great horned owls. read more

Natural predators of this species include fishers (a cat-sized weasel), wolverines, coyotes, wolves, bears, and cougars, as well as humans. The only known avian predators of this species are golden eagles and great horned owls. The North American porcupine is most at risk from the fisher (Martes pennanti). read more