Antelope Grass vs Lofty Pericote

Echinochloa pyramidalis compared with Auliscomys sublimis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antelope Grass	Lofty Pericote
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Cricetidae
Genus	Echinochloa	Auliscomys
Species	Echinochloa pyramidalis	Auliscomys sublimis

Conservation Status

Antelope Grass

LC — Least Concern

Lofty Pericote

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Antelope Grass	Lofty Pericote
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antelope Grass

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Nepal), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela).

Lofty Pericote

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Antelope Grass

The Antelope Grass (Echinochloa pyramidalis) is a species in the genus Echinochloa. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations.