Cape dune mole rat vs winged prickly-ash

Bathyergus suillus compared with Zanthoxylum armatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cape dune mole rat	winged prickly-ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Bathyergidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Bathyergus	Zanthoxylum
Species	Bathyergus suillus	Zanthoxylum armatum

Conservation Status

Cape dune mole rat

LC — Least Concern

winged prickly-ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cape dune mole rat	winged prickly-ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cape dune mole rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

winged prickly-ash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Italy 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.