Java plum vs Malayan porcupine

Syzygium cumini compared with Hystrix brachyura

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Java plum	Malayan porcupine
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Myrtaceae	Hystricidae
Genus	Syzygium	Hystrix
Species	Syzygium cumini	Hystrix brachyura

Conservation Status

Java plum

LC — Least Concern

Malayan porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Java plum	Malayan porcupine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Java plum

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (13 countries), Asia (8 countries), North America (16 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (7 countries).