Fat Sand Rat vs Murray's skate

Psammomys obesus compared with Bathyraja murrayi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat Sand Rat	Murray's skate
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rajiformes (Rajiformes)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Arhynchobatidae
Genus	Psammomys	Bathyraja
Species	Psammomys obesus	Bathyraja murrayi

Evolutionary Relationship

Fat Sand Rat and Murray's skate share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Fat Sand Rat

LC — Least Concern

Murray's skate

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat Sand Rat	Murray's skate
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat Sand Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Murray's skate