Chinese Bamboo Rat vs false pepperwort

Rhizomys sinensis compared with Marsilea crenata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Bamboo Rat	false pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Spalacidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Rhizomys	Marsilea
Species	Rhizomys sinensis	Marsilea crenata

Conservation Status

Chinese Bamboo Rat

LC — Least Concern

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Bamboo Rat	false pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Bamboo 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.

Chinese Bamboo Rat

The Chinese Bamboo Rat (Rhizomys sinensis) is a species in the genus Rhizomys. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.