Malayan porcupine vs Silkrubber

Hystrix brachyura compared with Funtumia elastica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan porcupine	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Hystricidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Hystrix	Funtumia
Species	Hystrix brachyura	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Malayan porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan porcupine	Silkrubber
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

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

Silkrubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.