African Brush-tailed Porcupine vs Malayan-sword

Atherurus africanus compared with Aglaonema simplex

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Brush-tailed Porcupine	Malayan-sword
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Hystricidae	Araceae
Genus	Atherurus	Aglaonema
Species	Atherurus africanus	Aglaonema simplex

Conservation Status

African Brush-tailed Porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Malayan-sword

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Brush-tailed Porcupine	Malayan-sword
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Brush-tailed Porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Malayan-sword

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

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.