Amazon Bamboo Rat vs sugar-plum

Dactylomys dactylinus compared with Uapaca guineensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Amazon Bamboo Rat	sugar-plum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Echimyidae	Phyllanthaceae
Genus	Dactylomys	Uapaca
Species	Dactylomys dactylinus	Uapaca guineensis

Conservation Status

Amazon Bamboo Rat

LC — Least Concern

sugar-plum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Amazon Bamboo Rat	sugar-plum
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.

sugar-plum

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Guinea.

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.