Lesser Short-tailed Rat vs Stinking willie

Brachyuromys betsileoensis compared with Jacobaea vulgaris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Short-tailed Rat	Stinking willie
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Nesomyidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Brachyuromys	Jacobaea
Species	Brachyuromys betsileoensis	Jacobaea vulgaris

Conservation Status

Lesser Short-tailed Rat

LC — Least Concern

Stinking willie

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Short-tailed Rat	Stinking willie
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Short-tailed Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stinking willie

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).