Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine vs hollong

Atherurus macrourus compared with Dipterocarpus retusus

Key Differences

• Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine is Least Concern while hollong is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine	hollong
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Hystricidae	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Atherurus	Dipterocarpus
Species	Atherurus macrourus	Dipterocarpus retusus

Conservation Status

Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine

LC — Least Concern

hollong

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine	hollong
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

hollong

Habitat

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

Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine

The Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus macrourus) is a species in the genus Atherurus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.