African Walnut vs Malayan porcupine

Lovoa trichilioides compared with Hystrix brachyura

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Walnut	Malayan porcupine
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Meliaceae	Hystricidae
Genus	Lovoa	Hystrix
Species	Lovoa trichilioides	Hystrix brachyura

Conservation Status

African Walnut

LC — Least Concern

Malayan porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Walnut	Malayan porcupine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Walnut

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Guinea.

Malayan porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, Norway, and United Kingdom.

African Walnut

The African Walnut (Lovoa trichilioides) is a species in the genus Lovoa. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.