Which preposition to use with porcupines

in Occurrences 5%

I have now indicated some of the chief lines of Biological inquiry, in which the Challenger has special opportunities for doing good service, and in following which she will be carrying out the work already commenced by the Lightning and Porcupine in their cruises of 1868 and subsequent years.

of Occurrences 4%

So it is, too, with the Tree Porcupine, {91c} or Coendou, who (in strange contrast to the well-known classic Porcupine of the rocks of Southern Europe) climbs trees after leaves, and swings about like the monkeys.

with Occurrences 4%

More than once we became aware of a keen and dreadful scent, as of a concentrated essence of unwashed tropic humanity, which proceeded from that strange animal, the porcupine with a prehensile tail, {248b} who prowls in the tree-tops all night, and sleeps in them all day, spending his idle hours in making this hideous smell.

about Occurrences 2%

On the snow outside under the window they came upon a black porcupine about the size of a man's head which, scenting food within the cabin, had climbed to the sill, and after the habit of these little animals whose number is legion all over the Green Mountains, had required fifteen bullets pumped into its carcass before it would release its hold.

from Occurrences 2%

I. [Footnote 1: They are all weapon, and they dart Like Porcupines from every Part.

to Occurrences 1%

The officer thereupon ascended the Porcupine to a point which was supposed to be within British jurisdiction, where he established Rampart House; but in 1890 Mr. J.H. Turner of the United States Coast Survey found it to be 20 miles within the lines of the United States.

by Occurrences 1%

He came back with three of them, and was, not without reason, called a porcupine by the indignant dealer.

without Occurrences 1%

Instinctively he shunned the porcupine without experiencing the torture of its quills.

on Occurrences 1%

One of these devices is a large image of a porcupine on an heraldic wreath, being the crest of the Lords de Lisle.

Which preposition to use with  porcupines