Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat vs Floating Fern

Pattonomys carrikeri compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat is Data Deficient while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (حيوانات)	Plantae (نباتات)
Phylum	Chordata (حبليات)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (ثدييات)	Polypodiopsida (سراخس رقيقة المباغ)
Order	Rodentia (قوارض)	Salviniales (سلوينيات)
Family	Echimyidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Pattonomys	Salvinia
Species	Pattonomys carrikeri	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat

DD — Data Deficient

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat

The Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat (Pattonomys carrikeri) is a species in the genus Pattonomys. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.