Fimbry vs Gray-bellied Rice Rat

Fimbristylis littoralis compared with Nephelomys moerex

Key Differences

Fimbry is Least Concern while Gray-bellied Rice Rat is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fimbry	Gray-bellied Rice Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cyperaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Fimbristylis	Nephelomys
Species	Fimbristylis littoralis	Nephelomys moerex

Conservation Status

Fimbry

LC — Least Concern

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fimbry	Gray-bellied Rice Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fimbry

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (Brunei, Singapore, Thailand), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (4 countries).