Ear tree vs Pacific Spiny-rat

Enterolobium cyclocarpum compared with Proechimys decumanus

Key Differences

• Ear tree is Least Concern while Pacific Spiny-rat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ear tree	Pacific Spiny-rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Echimyidae
Genus	Enterolobium	Proechimys
Species	Enterolobium cyclocarpum	Proechimys decumanus

Conservation Status

Ear tree

LC — Least Concern

Pacific Spiny-rat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ear tree	Pacific Spiny-rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ear tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Pacific Spiny-rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.