Hairy-tailed Tree Rat vs Red Hamburger Bean

Brachytarsomys villosa compared with Mucuna urens

Key Differences

• Hairy-tailed Tree Rat is Vulnerable while Red Hamburger Bean is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	Red Hamburger Bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Nesomyidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Brachytarsomys	Mucuna
Species	Brachytarsomys villosa	Mucuna urens

Conservation Status

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

VU — Vulnerable

Red Hamburger Bean

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	Red Hamburger Bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red Hamburger Bean

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.