Fivefingers vs Large Short-tailed Rat

Syngonium angustatum compared with Brachyuromys ramirohitra

Key Differences

• Fivefingers is Not Evaluated while Large Short-tailed Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fivefingers	Large Short-tailed Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Araceae	Nesomyidae
Genus	Syngonium	Brachyuromys
Species	Syngonium angustatum	Brachyuromys ramirohitra

Conservation Status

Fivefingers

NE — Not Evaluated

Large Short-tailed Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fivefingers	Large Short-tailed Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fivefingers

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Large Short-tailed Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.