black wattle vs Mountain Water Rat

Acacia aulacocarpa compared with Baiyankamys habbema

Key Differences

• black wattle is Least Concern while Mountain Water Rat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black wattle	Mountain Water Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Acacia	Baiyankamys
Species	Acacia aulacocarpa	Baiyankamys habbema

Conservation Status

black wattle

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Water Rat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black wattle	Mountain Water Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black wattle

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Samoa.

Mountain Water Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

black wattle

The black wattle (Acacia aulacocarpa) is a species in the genus Acacia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found in Samoa.