Crab Finger Grass vs Olive-gray Thomasomys

Digitaria sanguinalis compared with Thomasomys cinereus

Key Differences

• Crab Finger Grass is Not Evaluated while Olive-gray Thomasomys is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab Finger Grass	Olive-gray Thomasomys
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Cricetidae
Genus	Digitaria	Thomasomys
Species	Digitaria sanguinalis	Thomasomys cinereus

Conservation Status

Crab Finger Grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Olive-gray Thomasomys

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab Finger Grass	Olive-gray Thomasomys
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab Finger Grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Papua New Guinea, Tonga), and South America (5 countries).

Olive-gray Thomasomys

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.