Cattail Grass vs Mérida Rhipidomys

Setaria pumila compared with Rhipidomys venustus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cattail Grass	Mérida Rhipidomys
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Cricetidae
Genus	Setaria	Rhipidomys
Species	Setaria pumila	Rhipidomys venustus

Conservation Status

Cattail Grass

LC — Least Concern

Mérida Rhipidomys

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cattail Grass	Mérida Rhipidomys
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cattail Grass

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burundi, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (Taiwan, Timor-Leste), Europe (18 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).

Mérida Rhipidomys

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Cattail Grass

The Cattail Grass (Setaria pumila) is a species in the genus Setaria. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and