Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat vs Spathulate Botrychium

Pattonomys carrikeri compared with Botrychium spathulatum

Key Differences

• Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat is Data Deficient while Spathulate Botrychium is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat	Spathulate Botrychium
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)
Family	Echimyidae	Ophioglossaceae
Genus	Pattonomys	Botrychium
Species	Pattonomys carrikeri	Botrychium spathulatum

Conservation Status

Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat

DD — Data Deficient

Spathulate Botrychium

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat	Spathulate Botrychium
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.

Spathulate Botrychium

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, 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.