Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine vs Venezuela treebind

Sphiggurus melanurus compared with Cissus alata

Key Differences

• Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine is Least Concern while Venezuela treebind is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	Venezuela treebind
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Vitales (Vitales)
Family	Erethizontidae	Vitaceae
Genus	Sphiggurus	Cissus
Species	Sphiggurus melanurus	Cissus alata

Conservation Status

Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Venezuela treebind

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	Venezuela treebind
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.

Venezuela treebind

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia 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.