false pepperwort vs Malayan porcupine

Marsilea crenata compared with Hystrix brachyura

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	false pepperwort	Malayan porcupine
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Marsileaceae	Hystricidae
Genus	Marsilea	Hystrix
Species	Marsilea crenata	Hystrix brachyura

Conservation Status

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Malayan porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	false pepperwort	Malayan porcupine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.

Malayan porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

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