Large Short-tailed Rat vs Sourgrass

Brachyuromys ramirohitra compared with Digitaria insularis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large Short-tailed Rat	Sourgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Nesomyidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Brachyuromys	Digitaria
Species	Brachyuromys ramirohitra	Digitaria insularis

Conservation Status

Large Short-tailed Rat

LC — Least Concern

Sourgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large Short-tailed Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sourgrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Ghana), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).