Gray-bellied Rice Rat vs hooked-pepperwort

Nephelomys moerex compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Rice Rat is Extinct while hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Rice Rat	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Cricetidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Marsilea
Species	Nephelomys moerex	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

EX — Extinct

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Rice Rat	hooked-pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.