Amazon Bamboo Rat vs screw-pine

Dactylomys dactylinus compared with Pandanus spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Amazon Bamboo Rat	screw-pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Pandanales (Pandanales)
Family	Echimyidae	Pandanaceae
Genus	Dactylomys	Pandanus
Species	Dactylomys dactylinus	Pandanus spiralis

Conservation Status

Amazon Bamboo Rat

LC — Least Concern

screw-pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Amazon Bamboo Rat	screw-pine
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.

screw-pine

Habitat

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

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.