False Water Rat vs Prickly Coontail

Xeromys myoides compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

• False Water Rat is Vulnerable while Prickly Coontail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Water Rat	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Xeromys	Ceratophyllum
Species	Xeromys myoides	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

False Water Rat

VU — Vulnerable

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Water Rat	Prickly Coontail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Water Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.