Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine vs Green Sea Turtle

Sphiggurus melanurus compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine is Least Concern while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Reptilia (réptil)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Testudines (Tartaruga)
Family	Erethizontidae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Sphiggurus	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Sphiggurus melanurus	Chelonia mydas

Evolutionary Relationship

Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine and Green Sea Turtle share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

View Phylum: Chordata

Conservation Status

Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	Green Sea Turtle
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	80 years
Average Length	—	1.2 m
Average Weight	—	200.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Green Sea Turtle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, and Mexico. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.