Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat vs Slash pine

Oligoryzomys delicatus compared with Pinus elliottii

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat	Slash pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Cricetidae	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Oligoryzomys	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Oligoryzomys delicatus	Pinus elliottii

Conservation Status

Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat

DD — Data Deficient

Slash pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat	Slash pine
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.

Slash pine

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Bangladesh, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).