Ecuadoran Pericote vs Elephant Palm

Phyllotis haggardi compared with Borassus aethiopum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ecuadoran Pericote	Elephant Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Cricetidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Phyllotis	Borassus
Species	Phyllotis haggardi	Borassus aethiopum

Conservation Status

Ecuadoran Pericote

LC — Least Concern

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ecuadoran Pericote	Elephant Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ecuadoran Pericote

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

Elephant Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Yemen.