African Brush-tailed Porcupine vs ground-bean

Atherurus africanus compared with Macrotyloma geocarpum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Brush-tailed Porcupine	ground-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (حيوانات)	Plantae (نباتات)
Phylum	Chordata (حبليات)	Magnoliophyta (كاسيات البذور)
Class	Mammalia (ثدييات)	Magnoliopsida (ماغنولانية)
Order	Rodentia (قوارض)	Fabales (فوليات)
Family	Hystricidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Atherurus	Macrotyloma
Species	Atherurus africanus	Macrotyloma geocarpum

Conservation Status

African Brush-tailed Porcupine

LC — Least Concern

ground-bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Brush-tailed Porcupine	ground-bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Brush-tailed Porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

ground-bean

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

African Brush-tailed Porcupine

The African Brush-tailed Porcupine (Atherurus africanus) is a species in the genus Atherurus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. This species inhabits Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.