Hairy-tailed Tree Rat vs Stinking willie

Brachytarsomys villosa compared with Jacobaea vulgaris

Key Differences

• Hairy-tailed Tree Rat is Vulnerable while Stinking willie is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	Stinking willie
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Nesomyidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Brachytarsomys	Jacobaea
Species	Brachytarsomys villosa	Jacobaea vulgaris

Conservation Status

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

VU — Vulnerable

Stinking willie

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stinking willie

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).