African Brush-tailed Porcupine vs Corned Beef Wood

Atherurus africanus compared with Barringtonia calyptrata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Brush-tailed Porcupine	Corned Beef Wood
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Hystricidae	Lecythidaceae
Genus	Atherurus	Barringtonia
Species	Atherurus africanus	Barringtonia calyptrata

Conservation Status

African Brush-tailed Porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Corned Beef Wood

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Brush-tailed Porcupine	Corned Beef Wood
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Brush-tailed Porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Corned Beef Wood

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.