Fragrant manjack vs Lofty Pericote

Cordia dichotoma compared with Auliscomys sublimis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fragrant manjack	Lofty Pericote
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cordiaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Cordia	Auliscomys
Species	Cordia dichotoma	Auliscomys sublimis

Conservation Status

Fragrant manjack

LC — Least Concern

Lofty Pericote

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fragrant manjack	Lofty Pericote
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fragrant manjack

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burkina Faso, Mauritius), Asia (Iraq, Maldives, Taiwan), and North America (United States).

Lofty Pericote

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.