Cupped Ear vs Malayan porcupine

Otidea cantharella compared with Hystrix brachyura

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cupped Ear	Malayan porcupine
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pezizales (Pezizales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Otideaceae	Hystricidae
Genus	Otidea	Hystrix
Species	Otidea cantharella	Hystrix brachyura

Conservation Status

Cupped Ear

LC — Least Concern

Malayan porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cupped Ear	Malayan porcupine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cupped Ear

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Malayan porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, Norway, and United Kingdom.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway