Ecuadorean Rice Rat vs Seagrape

Nephelomys auriventer compared with Coccoloba uvifera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ecuadorean Rice Rat	Seagrape
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Cricetidae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Coccoloba
Species	Nephelomys auriventer	Coccoloba uvifera

Conservation Status

Ecuadorean Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Seagrape

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ecuadorean Rice Rat	Seagrape
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ecuadorean Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Seagrape

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).