Badderlike Starapple vs Polynesian rat

Chrysophyllum scalare compared with Rattus exulans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Badderlike Starapple	Polynesian rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ericales (Ericales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Sapotaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Chrysophyllum	Rattus
Species	Chrysophyllum scalare	Rattus exulans

Conservation Status

Badderlike Starapple

LC — Least Concern

Polynesian rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Badderlike Starapple	Polynesian rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Badderlike Starapple

Habitat

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

Polynesian rat

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (6 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (Chile).

Badderlike Starapple

The Badderlike Starapple (Chrysophyllum scalare) is a species in the genus Chrysophyllum. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.