alpine bittercress vs Mountain Water Rat

Cardamine bellidifolia compared with Baiyankamys habbema

Key Differences

• alpine bittercress is Least Concern while Mountain Water Rat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alpine bittercress	Mountain Water Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Brassicales (Brassicales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Brassicaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Cardamine	Baiyankamys
Species	Cardamine bellidifolia	Baiyankamys habbema

Conservation Status

alpine bittercress

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Water Rat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alpine bittercress	Mountain Water Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alpine bittercress

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

Mountain Water Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

alpine bittercress

The Alpine bittercress (Cardamine bellidifolia) is a species in the genus Cardamine. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Distributed across Canada, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.