Ebony Akodont vs Floating Heart

Thaptomys nigrita compared with Nymphoides peltata

Key Differences

• Ebony Akodont is Least Concern while Floating Heart is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ebony Akodont	Floating Heart
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Cricetidae	Menyanthaceae
Genus	Thaptomys	Nymphoides
Species	Thaptomys nigrita	Nymphoides peltata

Conservation Status

Ebony Akodont

LC — Least Concern

Floating Heart

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ebony Akodont	Floating Heart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ebony Akodont

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Heart

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.