Hairy-tailed Tree Rat vs trailing tormentil

Brachytarsomys villosa compared with Potentilla anglica

Key Differences

• Hairy-tailed Tree Rat is Vulnerable while trailing tormentil is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	trailing tormentil
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Nesomyidae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Brachytarsomys	Potentilla
Species	Brachytarsomys villosa	Potentilla anglica

Conservation Status

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

VU — Vulnerable

trailing tormentil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

trailing tormentil

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).