Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain vs Lesser Short-tailed Rat

Heteranthera dubia compared with Brachyuromys betsileoensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain	Lesser Short-tailed Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Commelinales (Commelinales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Pontederiaceae	Nesomyidae
Genus	Heteranthera	Brachyuromys
Species	Heteranthera dubia	Brachyuromys betsileoensis

Conservation Status

Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Short-tailed Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain	Lesser Short-tailed Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Lesser Short-tailed Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.