Owl s Spiny Rat vs red-cedar

Carterodon sulcidens compared with Trichilia hirta

Key Differences

• Owl s Spiny Rat is Data Deficient while red-cedar is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Owl s Spiny Rat	red-cedar
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Echimyidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Carterodon	Trichilia
Species	Carterodon sulcidens	Trichilia hirta

Conservation Status

Owl s Spiny Rat

DD — Data Deficient

red-cedar

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Owl s Spiny Rat	red-cedar
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Owl s Spiny Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

red-cedar

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.