Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine vs Red Sumac

Atherurus macrourus compared with Rhus glabra

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine	Red Sumac
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Hystricidae	Anacardiaceae
Genus	Atherurus	Rhus
Species	Atherurus macrourus	Rhus glabra

Conservation Status

Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Red Sumac

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red Sumac

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.