Mountain Water Rat vs round-leaf cassia

Baiyankamys habbema compared with Chamaecrista rotundifolia

Key Differences

• Mountain Water Rat is Data Deficient while round-leaf cassia is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Water Rat	round-leaf cassia
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 rotundifolia

Conservation Status

Mountain Water Rat

DD — Data Deficient

round-leaf cassia

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mountain Water Rat	round-leaf cassia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Water Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

round-leaf cassia

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Zimbabwe), Asia (India), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).