Hairy-tailed Tree Rat vs winged prickly-ash

Brachytarsomys villosa compared with Zanthoxylum armatum

Key Differences

• Hairy-tailed Tree Rat is Vulnerable while winged prickly-ash is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	winged prickly-ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Nesomyidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Brachytarsomys	Zanthoxylum
Species	Brachytarsomys villosa	Zanthoxylum armatum

Conservation Status

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

VU — Vulnerable

winged prickly-ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	winged prickly-ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

winged prickly-ash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Italy and Taiwan.