Large Short-tailed Rat vs Red ash

Brachyuromys ramirohitra compared with Alphitonia excelsa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large Short-tailed Rat	Red ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Nesomyidae	Rhamnaceae
Genus	Brachyuromys	Alphitonia
Species	Brachyuromys ramirohitra	Alphitonia excelsa

Conservation Status

Large Short-tailed Rat

LC — Least Concern

Red ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large Short-tailed Rat	Red ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large Short-tailed Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red ash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across India, Papua New Guinea, and United States.