Cultivated Lettuce vs Guyenne Spiny-rat

Lactuca sativa compared with Proechimys guyannensis

Key Differences

Cultivated Lettuce is Not Evaluated while Guyenne Spiny-rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cultivated Lettuce	Guyenne Spiny-rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Echimyidae
Genus	Lactuca	Proechimys
Species	Lactuca sativa	Proechimys guyannensis

Conservation Status

Cultivated Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Guyenne Spiny-rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cultivated Lettuce	Guyenne Spiny-rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cultivated Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (25 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (6 countries).