Hairy-tailed Tree Rat vs Nepal Maple

Brachytarsomys villosa compared with Acer laevigatum

Key Differences

• Hairy-tailed Tree Rat is Vulnerable while Nepal Maple is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	Nepal Maple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Nesomyidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Brachytarsomys	Acer
Species	Brachytarsomys villosa	Acer laevigatum

Conservation Status

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

VU — Vulnerable

Nepal Maple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	Nepal Maple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Nepal Maple

Habitat

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