Central Australian Rock Rat vs Deviltree

Zyzomys pedunculatus compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Key Differences

• Central Australian Rock Rat is Critically Endangered while Deviltree is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Central Australian Rock Rat	Deviltree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Zyzomys	Alstonia
Species	Zyzomys pedunculatus	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Central Australian Rock Rat

CR — Critically Endangered

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Central Australian Rock Rat	Deviltree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Central Australian Rock Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.

Central Australian Rock Rat

The Central Australian Rock Rat (Zyzomys pedunculatus) is a species in the genus Zyzomys. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.