Lacquered Bracket vs Malayan porcupine

Ganoderma lucidum compared with Hystrix brachyura

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lacquered Bracket	Malayan porcupine
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Polyporaceae	Hystricidae
Genus	Ganoderma	Hystrix
Species	Ganoderma lucidum	Hystrix brachyura

Conservation Status

Lacquered Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Malayan porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lacquered Bracket	Malayan porcupine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lacquered Bracket

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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