coral-bean vs Ebony Akodont

Erythrina fusca compared with Thaptomys nigrita

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	coral-bean	Ebony Akodont
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Erythrina	Thaptomys
Species	Erythrina fusca	Thaptomys nigrita

Conservation Status

coral-bean

LC — Least Concern

Ebony Akodont

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	coral-bean	Ebony Akodont
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

coral-bean

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Sao Tome and Principe), Oceania and the Pacific (Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).