Deviltree vs False Water Rat

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Xeromys myoides

Key Differences

Deviltree is Least Concern while False Water Rat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Deviltree	False Water Rat
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	Xeromys
Species	Alstonia macrophylla	Xeromys myoides

Conservation Status

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

False Water Rat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Deviltree	False Water Rat
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.