Hairy-tailed Tree Rat vs Key lime

Brachytarsomys villosa compared with Citrus aurantiifolia

Key Differences

• Hairy-tailed Tree Rat is Vulnerable while Key lime is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	Key lime
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Nesomyidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Brachytarsomys	Citrus
Species	Brachytarsomys villosa	Citrus aurantiifolia

Conservation Status

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

VU — Vulnerable

Key lime

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	Key lime
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Key lime

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).