Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine vs drave glabre

Sphiggurus melanurus compared with Draba glabella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	drave glabre
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Erethizontidae	Brassicaceae
Genus	Sphiggurus	Draba
Species	Sphiggurus melanurus	Draba glabella

Conservation Status

Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

LC — Least Concern

drave glabre

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	drave glabre
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

drave glabre

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada, France, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

The Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine (Sphiggurus melanurus) is a species in the genus Sphiggurus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found in Venezuela.