Hairy-tailed Tree Rat vs Rocky Mountain Maple

Brachytarsomys villosa compared with Acer glabrum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	Rocky Mountain 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 glabrum

Conservation Status

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

VU — Vulnerable

Rocky Mountain Maple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rocky Mountain Maple

Habitat

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