Boyacá Spiny Rat vs mango-pine

Proechimys chrysaeolus compared with Barringtonia asiatica

Key Differences

• Boyacá Spiny Rat is Data Deficient while mango-pine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Boyacá Spiny Rat	mango-pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Echimyidae	Lecythidaceae
Genus	Proechimys	Barringtonia
Species	Proechimys chrysaeolus	Barringtonia asiatica

Conservation Status

Boyacá Spiny Rat

DD — Data Deficient

mango-pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Boyacá Spiny Rat	mango-pine
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.

mango-pine

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Antigua and Barbuda, Comoros, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Taiwan.

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.