Brown Plum vs Polynesian rat

Erythroxylum ellipticum compared with Rattus exulans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Plum	Polynesian rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Erythroxylaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Erythroxylum	Rattus
Species	Erythroxylum ellipticum	Rattus exulans

Conservation Status

Brown Plum

LC — Least Concern

Polynesian rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Plum	Polynesian rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Plum

Habitat

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

Polynesian rat

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (6 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (Chile).

Brown Plum

The Brown Plum (Erythroxylum ellipticum) is a species in the genus Erythroxylum. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.