False Water Rat vs five-leaf crotalaria

Xeromys myoides compared with Crotalaria quinquefolia

Key Differences

• False Water Rat is Vulnerable while five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Water Rat	five-leaf crotalaria
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Xeromys	Crotalaria
Species	Xeromys myoides	Crotalaria quinquefolia

Conservation Status

False Water Rat

VU — Vulnerable

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Water Rat	five-leaf crotalaria
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Water Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).