Chinaroot vs Omilteme Cottontail

Dioscorea villosa compared with Sylvilagus insonus

Key Differences

• Chinaroot is Not Evaluated while Omilteme Cottontail is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinaroot	Omilteme Cottontail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Dioscoreaceae	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Dioscorea	Sylvilagus
Species	Dioscorea villosa	Sylvilagus insonus

Conservation Status

Chinaroot

NE — Not Evaluated

Omilteme Cottontail

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinaroot	Omilteme Cottontail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinaroot

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Omilteme Cottontail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chinaroot

The Chinaroot (Dioscorea villosa) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.