Beach-Heath vs Porter s Rock Rat

Hudsonia tomentosa compared with Aconaemys porteri

Key Differences

• Beach-Heath is Not Evaluated while Porter s Rock Rat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beach-Heath	Porter s Rock Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cistaceae	Octodontidae
Genus	Hudsonia	Aconaemys
Species	Hudsonia tomentosa	Aconaemys porteri

Conservation Status

Beach-Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Porter s Rock Rat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beach-Heath	Porter s Rock Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beach-Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Porter s Rock Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Beach-Heath

The Beach-Heath (Hudsonia tomentosa) is a species in the genus Hudsonia. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.