Deviltree vs East African Arvicanthis

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Arvicanthis nairobae

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Deviltree	East African Arvicanthis
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Apocynaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Alstonia	Arvicanthis
Species	Alstonia macrophylla	Arvicanthis nairobae

Conservation Status

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

East African Arvicanthis

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Deviltree	East African Arvicanthis
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Deviltree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.