Fused Tooth vs Malayan porcupine

Phellodon confluens compared with Hystrix brachyura

Key Differences

• Fused Tooth is Vulnerable while Malayan porcupine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fused Tooth	Malayan porcupine
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Thelephoraceae	Hystricidae
Genus	Phellodon	Hystrix
Species	Phellodon confluens	Hystrix brachyura

Conservation Status

Fused Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Malayan porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fused Tooth	Malayan porcupine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fused Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway