Chilean rock rat vs red-cedar

Aconaemys fuscus compared with Trichilia hirta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chilean rock rat	red-cedar
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Octodontidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Aconaemys	Trichilia
Species	Aconaemys fuscus	Trichilia hirta

Conservation Status

Chilean rock rat

LC — Least Concern

red-cedar

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chilean rock rat	red-cedar
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chilean rock rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

red-cedar

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

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.