Chickenweed vs Gray-bellied Rice Rat

Portulaca quadrifida compared with Nephelomys moerex

Key Differences

• Chickenweed is Not Evaluated while Gray-bellied Rice Rat is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chickenweed	Gray-bellied Rice Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Portulacaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Portulaca	Nephelomys
Species	Portulaca quadrifida	Nephelomys moerex

Conservation Status

Chickenweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chickenweed	Gray-bellied Rice Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chickenweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands).

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

Chickenweed

The Chickenweed (Portulaca quadrifida) is a species in the genus Portulaca. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.