Bed-jacket vs North American porcupine

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Erethizon dorsatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	North American porcupine
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Sapindaceae	Erethizontidae
Genus	Alectryon	Erethizon
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Erethizon dorsatus

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

North American porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	North American porcupine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

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

North American porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.