Gray-bellied Rice Rat vs Thread-Leaf Water-Crowfoot

Nephelomys moerex compared with Ranunculus trichophyllus

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Rice Rat is Extinct while Thread-Leaf Water-Crowfoot is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Rice Rat	Thread-Leaf Water-Crowfoot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Cricetidae	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Ranunculus
Species	Nephelomys moerex	Ranunculus trichophyllus

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

EX — Extinct

Thread-Leaf Water-Crowfoot

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Rice Rat	Thread-Leaf Water-Crowfoot
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.

Thread-Leaf Water-Crowfoot

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, and United States.