Albuja’s Climbing Rat vs winged prickly-ash

Rhipidomys albujai compared with Zanthoxylum armatum

Key Differences

• Albuja’s Climbing Rat is Data Deficient while winged prickly-ash is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Albuja’s Climbing Rat	winged prickly-ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Cricetidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Rhipidomys	Zanthoxylum
Species	Rhipidomys albujai	Zanthoxylum armatum

Conservation Status

Albuja’s Climbing Rat

DD — Data Deficient

winged prickly-ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Albuja’s Climbing Rat	winged prickly-ash
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.

winged prickly-ash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Italy and Taiwan.

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.