Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat vs false pepperwort

Oligoryzomys delicatus compared with Marsilea crenata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat	false pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Cricetidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Oligoryzomys	Marsilea
Species	Oligoryzomys delicatus	Marsilea crenata

Conservation Status

Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat

DD — Data Deficient

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat	false pepperwort
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.

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.