Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat vs yellow willow

Oligoryzomys delicatus compared with Salix lutea

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat	yellow willow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Salicaceae
Genus	Oligoryzomys	Salix
Species	Oligoryzomys delicatus	Salix lutea

Conservation Status

Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat

DD — Data Deficient

yellow willow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delicate Pygmy Rice Rat	yellow willow
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 willow

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.