Amazon Bamboo Rat vs Golden chamomile

Dactylomys dactylinus compared with Cota tinctoria

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Amazon Bamboo Rat	Golden chamomile
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Echimyidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Dactylomys	Cota
Species	Dactylomys dactylinus	Cota tinctoria

Conservation Status

Amazon Bamboo Rat

LC — Least Concern

Golden chamomile

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Amazon Bamboo Rat	Golden chamomile
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Amazon Bamboo Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Golden chamomile

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), and North America (Canada, United States).

Amazon Bamboo Rat

The Amazon Bamboo Rat (Dactylomys dactylinus) is a species in the genus Dactylomys. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.