Mountain Water Rat vs Partridge-Pea

Baiyankamys habbema compared with Chamaecrista nictitans

Key Differences

• Mountain Water Rat is Data Deficient while Partridge-Pea is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Water Rat	Partridge-Pea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Baiyankamys	Chamaecrista
Species	Baiyankamys habbema	Chamaecrista nictitans

Conservation Status

Mountain Water Rat

DD — Data Deficient

Partridge-Pea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mountain Water Rat	Partridge-Pea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Water Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Partridge-Pea

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius), Asia (4 countries), Europe (Norway, Sweden), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).