African Brush-tailed Porcupine vs Disc Mayweed

Atherurus africanus compared with Matricaria discoidea

Key Differences

• African Brush-tailed Porcupine is Least Concern while Disc Mayweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Brush-tailed Porcupine	Disc Mayweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Hystricidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Atherurus	Matricaria
Species	Atherurus africanus	Matricaria discoidea

Conservation Status

African Brush-tailed Porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Disc Mayweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Brush-tailed Porcupine	Disc Mayweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Brush-tailed Porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Disc Mayweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile).

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.