African Brush-tailed Porcupine vs silk-floss tree

Atherurus africanus compared with Ceiba speciosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Brush-tailed Porcupine	silk-floss tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Hystricidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Atherurus	Ceiba
Species	Atherurus africanus	Ceiba speciosa

Conservation Status

African Brush-tailed Porcupine

LC — Least Concern

silk-floss tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Brush-tailed Porcupine	silk-floss tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Brush-tailed Porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

silk-floss tree

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Turkey.

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.