Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat vs Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Pattonomys carrikeri compared with Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Key Differences

• Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat is Data Deficient while Linear Leaf Water Primrose is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat	Linear Leaf Water Primrose
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Nagetiere)	Myrtales (Myrtenartige)
Family	Echimyidae	Onagraceae
Genus	Pattonomys	Ludwigia
Species	Pattonomys carrikeri	Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Conservation Status

Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat

DD — Data Deficient

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat	Linear Leaf Water Primrose
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat

The Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat (Pattonomys carrikeri) is a species in the genus Pattonomys. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.