Alecost vs Large Short-tailed Rat

Tanacetum balsamita compared with Brachyuromys ramirohitra

Key Differences

• Alecost is Not Evaluated while Large Short-tailed Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alecost	Large Short-tailed Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Nesomyidae
Genus	Tanacetum	Brachyuromys
Species	Tanacetum balsamita	Brachyuromys ramirohitra

Conservation Status

Alecost

NE — Not Evaluated

Large Short-tailed Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alecost	Large Short-tailed Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alecost

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Cyprus), Europe (14 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Large Short-tailed Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Alecost

The Alecost (Tanacetum balsamita) is a species in the genus Tanacetum. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.