Long-tailed Chinchilla vs Redroot amaranth

Chinchilla lanigera compared with Amaranthus retroflexus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Chinchilla	Redroot amaranth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Chinchillidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Chinchilla	Amaranthus
Species	Chinchilla lanigera	Amaranthus retroflexus

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Chinchilla

NE — Not Evaluated

Redroot amaranth

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Chinchilla	Redroot amaranth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Chinchilla

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Denmark, and Ecuador.

Redroot amaranth

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (14 countries), Europe (36 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (6 countries).