Cutnut vs Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat

Barringtonia edulis compared with Oligoryzomys delicatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cutnut	Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ericales (Ericales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Lecythidaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Barringtonia	Oligoryzomys
Species	Barringtonia edulis	Oligoryzomys delicatus

Conservation Status

Cutnut

DD — Data Deficient

Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cutnut	Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cutnut

Habitat

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

Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.