Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat vs Deviltree

Pattonomys carrikeri compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Key Differences

• Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat is Data Deficient while Deviltree is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat	Deviltree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Echimyidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Pattonomys	Alstonia
Species	Pattonomys carrikeri	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat

DD — Data Deficient

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat	Deviltree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Deviltree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat

The Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat (Pattonomys carrikeri) is a species in the genus Pattonomys. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.