Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat vs ground-bean

Oligoryzomys delicatus compared with Macrotyloma geocarpum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat	ground-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Cricetidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Oligoryzomys	Macrotyloma
Species	Oligoryzomys delicatus	Macrotyloma geocarpum

Conservation Status

Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat

DD — Data Deficient

ground-bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat	ground-bean
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.

ground-bean

Habitat

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