North American porcupine vs Seagrape

Erethizon dorsatus compared with Coccoloba uvifera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	North American porcupine	Seagrape
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Erethizontidae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Erethizon	Coccoloba
Species	Erethizon dorsatus	Coccoloba uvifera

Conservation Status

North American porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Seagrape

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	North American porcupine	Seagrape
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

North American porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.

Seagrape

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).