five-leaf crotalaria vs Lesser Short-tailed Rat

Crotalaria quinquefolia compared with Brachyuromys betsileoensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	five-leaf crotalaria	Lesser Short-tailed Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Nesomyidae
Genus	Crotalaria	Brachyuromys
Species	Crotalaria quinquefolia	Brachyuromys betsileoensis

Conservation Status

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Short-tailed Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	five-leaf crotalaria	Lesser Short-tailed Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Lesser Short-tailed Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.