Black Maple vs Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

Acer nigrum compared with Brachytarsomys villosa

Key Differences

• Black Maple is Least Concern while Hairy-tailed Tree Rat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Maple	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Sapindaceae	Nesomyidae
Genus	Acer	Brachytarsomys
Species	Acer nigrum	Brachytarsomys villosa

Conservation Status

Black Maple

LC — Least Concern

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Maple	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black Maple

The Black Maple (Acer nigrum) is a species in the genus Acer. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.