African Brush-tailed Porcupine vs capim-azedo

Atherurus africanus compared with Paspalum conjugatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Brush-tailed Porcupine	capim-azedo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Hystricidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Atherurus	Paspalum
Species	Atherurus africanus	Paspalum conjugatum

Conservation Status

African Brush-tailed Porcupine

LC — Least Concern

capim-azedo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Brush-tailed Porcupine	capim-azedo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Brush-tailed Porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

capim-azedo

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 6 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (13 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (4 countries).

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.