Hairy-tailed Tree Rat vs Lagos-rubber

Brachytarsomys villosa compared with Funtumia africana

Key Differences

• Hairy-tailed Tree Rat is Vulnerable while Lagos-rubber is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	Lagos-rubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Nesomyidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Brachytarsomys	Funtumia
Species	Brachytarsomys villosa	Funtumia africana

Conservation Status

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

VU — Vulnerable

Lagos-rubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	Lagos-rubber
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lagos-rubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Guinea, and India.