Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine vs Prickly Heath

Sphiggurus melanurus compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

• Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine is Least Concern while Prickly Heath is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	Prickly Heath
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	Gaultheria
Species	Sphiggurus melanurus	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	Prickly Heath
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.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

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.