Ecuadorean Rice Rat vs Tickclover

Nephelomys auriventer compared with Desmodium incanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ecuadorean Rice Rat	Tickclover
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Cricetidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Desmodium
Species	Nephelomys auriventer	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Ecuadorean Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ecuadorean Rice Rat	Tickclover
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.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).