Hairy-tailed Tree Rat vs wild madder

Brachytarsomys villosa compared with Rubia peregrina

Key Differences

• Hairy-tailed Tree Rat is Vulnerable while wild madder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	wild madder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Nesomyidae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Brachytarsomys	Rubia
Species	Brachytarsomys villosa	Rubia peregrina

Conservation Status

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

VU — Vulnerable

wild madder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	wild madder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

wild madder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.