Mountain Water Rat vs Silkrubber

Baiyankamys habbema compared with Funtumia elastica

Key Differences

• Mountain Water Rat is Data Deficient while Silkrubber is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Water Rat	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Baiyankamys	Funtumia
Species	Baiyankamys habbema	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Mountain Water Rat

DD — Data Deficient

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mountain Water Rat	Silkrubber
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Water Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silkrubber

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.