Gray-bellied Rice Rat vs Spring Sowbread

Nephelomys moerex compared with Cyclamen repandum

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Rice Rat is Extinct while Spring Sowbread is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Rice Rat	Spring Sowbread
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Cricetidae	Primulaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Cyclamen
Species	Nephelomys moerex	Cyclamen repandum

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

EX — Extinct

Spring Sowbread

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Rice Rat	Spring Sowbread
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.

Spring Sowbread

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.