Gray-bellied Rice Rat vs Yellow Dodder

Nephelomys moerex compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

  • Gray-bellied Rice Rat is Extinct while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Gray-bellied Rice Rat Yellow Dodder
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Solanales (Solanales)
Family Cricetidae Convolvulaceae
Genus Nephelomys Cuscuta
Species Nephelomys moerex Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

EX — Extinct

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Gray-bellied Rice Rat Yellow Dodder
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.

Yellow Dodder

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

No description available.

Yellow Dodder

No description available.

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