Cuvier s Spiny-rat vs Ferny Azolla

Proechimys cuvieri compared with Azolla pinnata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cuvier s Spiny-rat	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Echimyidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Proechimys	Azolla
Species	Proechimys cuvieri	Azolla pinnata

Conservation Status

Cuvier s Spiny-rat

LC — Least Concern

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cuvier s Spiny-rat	Ferny Azolla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cuvier s Spiny-rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Venezuela.

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).