Baron's Rice Rat vs Doum Palm

Aegialomys baroni compared with Hyphaene compressa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baron's Rice Rat	Doum Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Cricetidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Aegialomys	Hyphaene
Species	Aegialomys baroni	Hyphaene compressa

Conservation Status

Baron's Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Doum Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baron's Rice Rat	Doum Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Baron's Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

Doum Palm

Habitat

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

Baron's Rice Rat

The Baron's Rice Rat (Aegialomys baroni) is a species in the genus Aegialomys. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.