Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine vs Miller’s Mastiff Bat

Sphiggurus pruinosus compared with Molossus pretiosus

Key Differences

• Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine is Data Deficient while Miller’s Mastiff Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	Miller’s Mastiff Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (hayvan)	Animalia (hayvan)
Phylum same	Chordata (Kordalılar)	Chordata (Kordalılar)
Class same	Mammalia (memeliler)	Mammalia (memeliler)
Order	Rodentia (kemiriciler)	Chiroptera (yarasa)
Family	Erethizontidae	Molossidae
Genus	Sphiggurus	Molossus
Species	Sphiggurus pruinosus	Molossus pretiosus

Evolutionary Relationship

Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine and Miller’s Mastiff Bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (memeliler)

Conservation Status

Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

DD — Data Deficient

Miller’s Mastiff Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	Miller’s Mastiff Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Miller’s Mastiff Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇻🇪 Venezuela