Bolivar Rice Rat vs Elephant Apple

Transandinomys bolivaris compared with Dillenia indica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bolivar Rice Rat	Elephant Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Dilleniales (Dilleniales)
Family	Cricetidae	Dilleniaceae
Genus	Transandinomys	Dillenia
Species	Transandinomys bolivaris	Dillenia indica

Conservation Status

Bolivar Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Elephant Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bolivar Rice Rat	Elephant Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bolivar Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Elephant Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and Taiwan.

Bolivar Rice Rat

The Bolivar Rice Rat (Transandinomys bolivaris) is a species in the genus Transandinomys. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.