Large Short-tailed Rat vs Small Suncup

Brachyuromys ramirohitra compared with Aspidonepsis flava

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large Short-tailed Rat	Small Suncup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Nesomyidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Brachyuromys	Aspidonepsis
Species	Brachyuromys ramirohitra	Aspidonepsis flava

Conservation Status

Large Short-tailed Rat

LC — Least Concern

Small Suncup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large Short-tailed Rat	Small Suncup
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large Short-tailed Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Small Suncup

Habitat

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