Amazon Bamboo Rat vs mountain melick

Dactylomys dactylinus compared with Melica nutans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Amazon Bamboo Rat	mountain melick
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Echimyidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Dactylomys	Melica
Species	Dactylomys dactylinus	Melica nutans

Conservation Status

Amazon Bamboo Rat

LC — Least Concern

mountain melick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Amazon Bamboo Rat	mountain melick
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.

mountain melick

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.