Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine vs Lapland Azalea

Sphiggurus melanurus compared with Rhododendron lapponicum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	Lapland Azalea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Erethizontidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Sphiggurus	Rhododendron
Species	Sphiggurus melanurus	Rhododendron lapponicum

Conservation Status

Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Lapland Azalea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	Lapland Azalea
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.

Lapland Azalea

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

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.