Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine vs drooping she-oak

Sphiggurus melanurus compared with Allocasuarina verticillata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	drooping she-oak
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)
Family	Erethizontidae	Casuarinaceae
Genus	Sphiggurus	Allocasuarina
Species	Sphiggurus melanurus	Allocasuarina verticillata

Conservation Status

Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

LC — Least Concern

drooping she-oak

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	drooping she-oak
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

drooping she-oak

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Cuba, and India.

Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

The Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine (Sphiggurus melanurus) is a species in the genus Sphiggurus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found in Venezuela.