Gray-bellied Rice Rat vs rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers

Nephelomys moerex compared with Galium tricornutum

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Rice Rat is Extinct while rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Rice Rat	rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Cricetidae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Galium
Species	Nephelomys moerex	Galium tricornutum

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

EX — Extinct

rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Rice Rat	rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers
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.

rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 12 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Qatar), Europe (18 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.