Giant Blind Mole Rat vs red-cedar

Spalax giganteus compared with Trichilia hirta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant Blind Mole Rat	red-cedar
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Spalacidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Spalax	Trichilia
Species	Spalax giganteus	Trichilia hirta

Conservation Status

Giant Blind Mole Rat

LC — Least Concern

red-cedar

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant Blind Mole Rat	red-cedar
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Giant Blind Mole Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

red-cedar

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.