Fat Sand Rat vs Wire With

Psammomys obesus compared with Desmodium axillare

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat Sand Rat	Wire With
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	Psammomys	Desmodium
Species	Psammomys obesus	Desmodium axillare

Conservation Status

Fat Sand Rat

LC — Least Concern

Wire With

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat Sand Rat	Wire With
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat Sand Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wire With

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.