cow-itch vs Mountain Water Rat

Mucuna pruriens compared with Baiyankamys habbema

Key Differences

• cow-itch is Not Evaluated while Mountain Water Rat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	cow-itch	Mountain Water 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	Mucuna	Baiyankamys
Species	Mucuna pruriens	Baiyankamys habbema

Conservation Status

cow-itch

NE — Not Evaluated

Mountain Water Rat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	cow-itch	Mountain Water Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

cow-itch

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Mountain Water Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.