Hairy-tailed Tree Rat vs Pomelo

Brachytarsomys villosa compared with Citrus maxima

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	Pomelo
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 maxima

Conservation Status

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

VU — Vulnerable

Pomelo

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pomelo

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Laos, Maldives, Taiwan), Europe (Sweden), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).