Amazon Bamboo Rat vs Yellow Prickle

Dactylomys dactylinus compared with Zanthoxylum martinicense

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Amazon Bamboo Rat	Yellow Prickle
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	Zanthoxylum
Species	Dactylomys dactylinus	Zanthoxylum martinicense

Conservation Status

Amazon Bamboo Rat

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Prickle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Amazon Bamboo Rat	Yellow Prickle
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.

Yellow Prickle

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across 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.