Key lime vs Large Short-tailed Rat

Citrus aurantiifolia compared with Brachyuromys ramirohitra

Key Differences

• Key lime is Not Evaluated while Large Short-tailed Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Key lime	Large Short-tailed Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Rutaceae	Nesomyidae
Genus	Citrus	Brachyuromys
Species	Citrus aurantiifolia	Brachyuromys ramirohitra

Conservation Status

Key lime

NE — Not Evaluated

Large Short-tailed Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Key lime	Large Short-tailed Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Key lime

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

Large Short-tailed Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.