coral-bean vs Fat Sand Rat

Erythrina fusca compared with Psammomys obesus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	coral-bean	Fat Sand Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Erythrina	Psammomys
Species	Erythrina fusca	Psammomys obesus

Conservation Status

coral-bean

LC — Least Concern

Fat Sand Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	coral-bean	Fat Sand Rat
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).