Chinese Bamboo Rat vs Floating Sundew

Rhizomys sinensis compared with Drosera intermedia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Bamboo Rat	Floating Sundew
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Spalacidae	Droseraceae
Genus	Rhizomys	Drosera
Species	Rhizomys sinensis	Drosera intermedia

Conservation Status

Chinese Bamboo Rat

LC — Least Concern

Floating Sundew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Bamboo Rat	Floating Sundew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Bamboo Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Sundew

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada, Cuba, United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.