Ecuadorean Rice Rat vs Stinking willie

Nephelomys auriventer compared with Jacobaea vulgaris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ecuadorean Rice Rat	Stinking willie
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Cricetidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Nephelomys	Jacobaea
Species	Nephelomys auriventer	Jacobaea vulgaris

Conservation Status

Ecuadorean Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Stinking willie

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ecuadorean Rice Rat	Stinking willie
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.

Stinking willie

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).