Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine vs Actinidia

Sphiggurus melanurus compared with Actinidia chinensis

Key Differences

• Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine is Least Concern while Actinidia is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	Actinidia
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Erethizontidae	Actinidiaceae
Genus	Sphiggurus	Actinidia
Species	Sphiggurus melanurus	Actinidia chinensis

Conservation Status

Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Actinidia

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	Actinidia
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.

Actinidia

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia, Japan, Turkey), Europe (9 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.