Chilean rock rat vs Lesser Spearwort

Aconaemys fuscus compared with Ranunculus flammula

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chilean rock rat	Lesser Spearwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Octodontidae	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Aconaemys	Ranunculus
Species	Aconaemys fuscus	Ranunculus flammula

Conservation Status

Chilean rock rat

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Spearwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chilean rock rat	Lesser Spearwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chilean rock rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lesser Spearwort

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

Chilean rock rat

The Chilean rock rat (Aconaemys fuscus) is a species in the genus Aconaemys. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.