Large Short-tailed Rat vs willow-weed

Brachyuromys ramirohitra compared with Persicaria decipiens

Key Differences

• Large Short-tailed Rat is Least Concern while willow-weed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large Short-tailed Rat	willow-weed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Nesomyidae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Brachyuromys	Persicaria
Species	Brachyuromys ramirohitra	Persicaria decipiens

Conservation Status

Large Short-tailed Rat

LC — Least Concern

willow-weed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large Short-tailed Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

willow-weed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Guinea, Madagascar, and Norway.