Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat vs Yellow Dodder

Oligoryzomys delicatus compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat is Data Deficient while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat	Yellow Dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Cricetidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Oligoryzomys	Cuscuta
Species	Oligoryzomys delicatus	Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat

DD — Data Deficient

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat	Yellow Dodder
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.

Yellow Dodder

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).