Bermuda pigroot vs Gray-bellied Rice Rat

Sisyrinchium micranthum compared with Nephelomys moerex

Key Differences

• Bermuda pigroot is Least Concern while Gray-bellied Rice Rat is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bermuda pigroot	Gray-bellied Rice Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Iridaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Sisyrinchium	Nephelomys
Species	Sisyrinchium micranthum	Nephelomys moerex

Conservation Status

Bermuda pigroot

LC — Least Concern

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bermuda pigroot	Gray-bellied Rice Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bermuda pigroot

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar, South Africa), North America (Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

Bermuda pigroot

The Bermuda pigroot (Sisyrinchium micranthum) is a species in the genus Sisyrinchium. 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 montane grasslands and shrublands, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and