Mountain Water Rat vs talipot palm

Baiyankamys habbema compared with Corypha umbraculifera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Water Rat	talipot palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Arecaceae
Genus	Baiyankamys	Corypha
Species	Baiyankamys habbema	Corypha umbraculifera

Conservation Status

Mountain Water Rat

DD — Data Deficient

talipot palm

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mountain Water Rat	talipot palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Water Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

talipot palm

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cuba, Seychelles, and Taiwan.