Poison devil's-pepper vs Polynesian rat

Rauvolfia vomitoria compared with Rattus exulans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Poison devil's-pepper	Polynesian rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Apocynaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Rauvolfia	Rattus
Species	Rauvolfia vomitoria	Rattus exulans

Conservation Status

Poison devil's-pepper

LC — Least Concern

Polynesian rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Poison devil's-pepper	Polynesian rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Poison devil's-pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cameroon and United States.

Polynesian rat

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (6 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (Chile).