Corned Beef Wood vs Pacific Spiny-rat

Barringtonia calyptrata compared with Proechimys decumanus

Key Differences

• Corned Beef Wood is Least Concern while Pacific Spiny-rat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Corned Beef Wood	Pacific Spiny-rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ericales (Ericales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Lecythidaceae	Echimyidae
Genus	Barringtonia	Proechimys
Species	Barringtonia calyptrata	Proechimys decumanus

Conservation Status

Corned Beef Wood

LC — Least Concern

Pacific Spiny-rat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Corned Beef Wood	Pacific Spiny-rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Corned Beef Wood

Habitat

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

Pacific Spiny-rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.