Pernambuco Dwarf Porcupine vs

Coendou speratus compared with Postia lowei

Key Differences

• Pernambuco Dwarf Porcupine is Endangered while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Pernambuco Dwarf Porcupine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Erethizontidae	Dacryobolaceae
Genus	Coendou	Postia
Species	Coendou speratus	Postia lowei

Conservation Status

Pernambuco Dwarf Porcupine

EN — Endangered

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Pernambuco Dwarf Porcupine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Pernambuco Dwarf Porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Postia lowei is a soft, white to cream-colored bracket fungus forming annual, shelf-like fruiting bodies on decaying conifer wood. It inhabits boreal and montane coniferous forests, growing on dead fallen logs and stumps. This brown-rot saprotrophic fungus decomposes the cellulose of conifer wood, leaving characteristic brown cubical rot.