Central Australian Rock Rat vs false pepperwort

Zyzomys pedunculatus compared with Marsilea crenata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Central Australian Rock Rat	false pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Marsileaceae
Genus	Zyzomys	Marsilea
Species	Zyzomys pedunculatus	Marsilea crenata

Conservation Status

Central Australian Rock Rat

CR — Critically Endangered

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Central Australian Rock Rat	false pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Central Australian Rock Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.

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.