Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat vs Deviltree

Oligoryzomys delicatus compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Key Differences

• Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat is Data Deficient while Deviltree is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat	Deviltree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Cricetidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Oligoryzomys	Alstonia
Species	Oligoryzomys delicatus	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat

DD — Data Deficient

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Deviltree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.