Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat vs Glaucous Draba

Pattonomys carrikeri compared with Draba glabella

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat	Glaucous Draba
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Echimyidae	Brassicaceae
Genus	Pattonomys	Draba
Species	Pattonomys carrikeri	Draba glabella

Conservation Status

Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat

DD — Data Deficient

Glaucous Draba

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat	Glaucous Draba
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.

Glaucous Draba

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, France, Norway, Sweden, 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.