African Brush-tailed Porcupine vs Duiquero de Ogilby

Atherurus africanus compared with Cephalophus ogilbyi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Brush-tailed Porcupine	Duiquero de Ogilby
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Artiodactyla (artiodáctilos)
Family	Hystricidae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Atherurus	Cephalophus
Species	Atherurus africanus	Cephalophus ogilbyi

Evolutionary Relationship

African Brush-tailed Porcupine and Duiquero de Ogilby share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

African Brush-tailed Porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Duiquero de Ogilby

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Brush-tailed Porcupine	Duiquero de Ogilby
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Brush-tailed Porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Duiquero de Ogilby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

African Brush-tailed Porcupine

The African Brush-tailed Porcupine (Atherurus africanus) is a species in the genus Atherurus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. This species inhabits Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.