Large Short-tailed Rat vs Wire With

Brachyuromys ramirohitra compared with Desmodium axillare

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large Short-tailed Rat	Wire With
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Nesomyidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Brachyuromys	Desmodium
Species	Brachyuromys ramirohitra	Desmodium axillare

Conservation Status

Large Short-tailed Rat

LC — Least Concern

Wire With

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large Short-tailed Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wire With

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.