Lagos-rubber vs Ord's kangaroo rat

Funtumia africana compared with Dipodomys ordii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lagos-rubber	Ord's kangaroo rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Apocynaceae	Heteromyidae
Genus	Funtumia	Dipodomys
Species	Funtumia africana	Dipodomys ordii

Conservation Status

Lagos-rubber

LC — Least Concern

Ord's kangaroo rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lagos-rubber	Ord's kangaroo rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lagos-rubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Guinea, and India.

Ord's kangaroo rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.