Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine vs fony baobab

Sphiggurus melanurus compared with Adansonia rubrostipa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	fony baobab
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Erethizontidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Sphiggurus	Adansonia
Species	Sphiggurus melanurus	Adansonia rubrostipa

Conservation Status

Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

LC — Least Concern

fony baobab

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	fony baobab
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.

fony baobab

Habitat

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

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.