Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat vs

Oligoryzomys delicatus compared with Flagelloscypha punctiformis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Cricetidae	Niaceae
Genus	Oligoryzomys	Flagelloscypha
Species	Oligoryzomys delicatus	Flagelloscypha punctiformis

Conservation Status

Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat

DD — Data Deficient

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat
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.

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Flagelloscypha punctiformis is a minute, hairy cup fungus with tiny white to cream-colored apothecia bearing distinctive bristle-like hairs on the outer surface. It grows on dead branches and twigs of hardwood trees in temperate European forests. This saprotrophic ascomycete decomposes dead woody plant material in its forest habitat.