Bed-jacket vs marsh rice rat

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Oryzomys palustris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bed-jacket marsh rice rat
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Sapindales (Sapindales) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Sapindaceae Cricetidae
Genus Alectryon Oryzomys
Species Alectryon tomentosus Oryzomys palustris

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

marsh rice rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bed-jacket marsh rice rat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

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

marsh rice rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

marsh rice rat

No description available.

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