Boyacá Spiny Rat vs large pheasant's-eye

Proechimys chrysaeolus compared with Adonis flammea

Key Differences

• Boyacá Spiny Rat is Data Deficient while large pheasant's-eye is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Boyacá Spiny Rat	large pheasant's-eye
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Echimyidae	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Proechimys	Adonis
Species	Proechimys chrysaeolus	Adonis flammea

Conservation Status

Boyacá Spiny Rat

DD — Data Deficient

large pheasant's-eye

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Boyacá Spiny Rat	large pheasant's-eye
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.

large pheasant's-eye

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (8 countries).

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.