African Brush-tailed Porcupine vs Red flour beetle

Atherurus africanus compared with Tribolium castaneum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Brush-tailed Porcupine	Red flour beetle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Hystricidae	Tenebrionidae
Genus	Atherurus	Tribolium
Species	Atherurus africanus	Tribolium castaneum

Evolutionary Relationship

African Brush-tailed Porcupine and Red flour beetle share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

African Brush-tailed Porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Red flour beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Brush-tailed Porcupine	Red flour beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Brush-tailed Porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red flour beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (25 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), and South America (Colombia, Venezuela).

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.