Maui's paddle vs Mexican Agouti

Elaphoglossum crassicaule compared with Dasyprocta mexicana

Key Differences

• Maui's paddle is Endangered while Mexican Agouti is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Maui's paddle	Mexican Agouti
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Dryopteridaceae	Dasyproctidae
Genus	Elaphoglossum	Dasyprocta
Species	Elaphoglossum crassicaule	Dasyprocta mexicana

Conservation Status

Maui's paddle

EN — Endangered

Mexican Agouti

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Maui's paddle	Mexican Agouti
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Maui's paddle

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Mexican Agouti

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Cuba. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.