Albuja’s Climbing Rat vs Forest Num-num

Rhipidomys albujai compared with Carissa bispinosa

Key Differences

• Albuja’s Climbing Rat is Data Deficient while Forest Num-num is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Albuja’s Climbing Rat	Forest Num-num
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Cricetidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Rhipidomys	Carissa
Species	Rhipidomys albujai	Carissa bispinosa

Conservation Status

Albuja’s Climbing Rat

DD — Data Deficient

Forest Num-num

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Albuja’s Climbing Rat	Forest Num-num
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Albuja’s Climbing Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

Forest Num-num

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and India.

Albuja’s Climbing Rat

The Albuja’s Climbing Rat (Rhipidomys albujai) is a species in the genus Rhipidomys. Its conservation status is listed as Data Deficient, indicating insufficient data for assessment. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.