Hairy-tailed Tree Rat vs mountain-devil

Brachytarsomys villosa compared with Lambertia formosa

Key Differences

• Hairy-tailed Tree Rat is Vulnerable while mountain-devil is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	mountain-devil
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Nesomyidae	Proteaceae
Genus	Brachytarsomys	Lambertia
Species	Brachytarsomys villosa	Lambertia formosa

Conservation Status

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

VU — Vulnerable

mountain-devil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	mountain-devil
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mountain-devil

Habitat

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