Amazon Bamboo Rat vs Key lime

Dactylomys dactylinus compared with Citrus aurantiifolia

Key Differences

• Amazon Bamboo Rat is Least Concern while Key lime is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Amazon Bamboo Rat	Key lime
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Echimyidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Dactylomys	Citrus
Species	Dactylomys dactylinus	Citrus aurantiifolia

Conservation Status

Amazon Bamboo Rat

LC — Least Concern

Key lime

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Amazon Bamboo Rat	Key lime
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.

Key lime

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia