Boyacá Spiny Rat vs fat duckweed

Proechimys chrysaeolus compared with Lemna gibba

Key Differences

Boyacá Spiny Rat is Data Deficient while fat duckweed is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Boyacá Spiny Rat	fat duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Echimyidae	Araceae
Genus	Proechimys	Lemna
Species	Proechimys chrysaeolus	Lemna gibba

Conservation Status

Boyacá Spiny Rat

DD — Data Deficient

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Boyacá Spiny Rat	fat duckweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Boyacá Spiny Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

fat duckweed

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands and flooded grasslands and savannas within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt), Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Boyacá Spiny Rat

The Boyacá spiny rat (Proechimys chrysaeolus) is a species in the genus Proechimys. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.