Amazon Bamboo Rat vs sea-grass

Dactylomys dactylinus compared with Halodule wrightii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Amazon Bamboo Rat	sea-grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Echimyidae	Cymodoceaceae
Genus	Dactylomys	Halodule
Species	Dactylomys dactylinus	Halodule wrightii

Conservation Status

Amazon Bamboo Rat

LC — Least Concern

sea-grass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Amazon Bamboo Rat	sea-grass
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.

sea-grass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

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.