Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine vs Sickle senna

Sphiggurus melanurus compared with Senna tora

Key Differences

• Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine is Least Concern while Sickle senna is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	Sickle senna
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Erethizontidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Sphiggurus	Senna
Species	Sphiggurus melanurus	Senna tora

Conservation Status

Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Sickle senna

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	Sickle senna
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.

Sickle senna

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (Denmark, Sweden), North America (El Salvador, Honduras, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries).

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.