Hairy-tailed Tree Rat vs true senna

Brachytarsomys villosa compared with Senna alexandrina

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	true senna
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	Senna
Species	Brachytarsomys villosa	Senna alexandrina

Conservation Status

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

VU — Vulnerable

true senna

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

true senna

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Iraq, Qatar, Taiwan), Europe (Sweden), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).