Cape dune mole rat vs mango-pine

Bathyergus suillus compared with Barringtonia asiatica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cape dune mole 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	Bathyergidae	Lecythidaceae
Genus	Bathyergus	Barringtonia
Species	Bathyergus suillus	Barringtonia asiatica

Conservation Status

Cape dune mole rat

LC — Least Concern

mango-pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cape dune mole rat	mango-pine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cape dune mole rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.

Cape dune mole rat

The Cape dune mole rat (Bathyergus suillus) is a species in the genus Bathyergus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.