Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine vs

Sphiggurus pruinosus compared with Hyphoderma occidentale

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Erethizontidae	Hyphodermataceae
Genus	Sphiggurus	Hyphoderma
Species	Sphiggurus pruinosus	Hyphoderma occidentale

Conservation Status

Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

DD — Data Deficient

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Hyphoderma occidentale is a corticioid fungus in the family Polyporaceae, assessed as Data Deficient (DD). It grows as a thin, resupinate (crust-like) fruiting body on dead wood in forest habitats. Insufficient data on its distribution and population size make comprehensive conservation assessment difficult.