Fragrant manjack vs Pacific Spiny-rat

Cordia dichotoma compared with Proechimys decumanus

Key Differences

• Fragrant manjack is Least Concern while Pacific Spiny-rat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fragrant manjack	Pacific Spiny-rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cordiaceae	Echimyidae
Genus	Cordia	Proechimys
Species	Cordia dichotoma	Proechimys decumanus

Conservation Status

Fragrant manjack

LC — Least Concern

Pacific Spiny-rat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fragrant manjack	Pacific Spiny-rat
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).

Pacific Spiny-rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.