Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine vs Seagrape

Sphiggurus melanurus compared with Coccoloba uvifera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	Seagrape
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Erethizontidae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Sphiggurus	Coccoloba
Species	Sphiggurus melanurus	Coccoloba uvifera

Conservation Status

Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Seagrape

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	Seagrape
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.

Seagrape

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.