Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine vs mountain-pepper

Sphiggurus melanurus compared with Litsea cubeba

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	mountain-pepper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Laurales (Laurales)
Family	Erethizontidae	Lauraceae
Genus	Sphiggurus	Litsea
Species	Sphiggurus melanurus	Litsea cubeba

Conservation Status

Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

LC — Least Concern

mountain-pepper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	mountain-pepper
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.

mountain-pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Taiwan.

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.