Amazonian Marsh Rat vs anacahuita

Holochilus sciureus compared with Cordia sebestena

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Amazonian Marsh Rat	anacahuita
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Cricetidae	Cordiaceae
Genus	Holochilus	Cordia
Species	Holochilus sciureus	Cordia sebestena

Conservation Status

Amazonian Marsh Rat

LC — Least Concern

anacahuita

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Amazonian Marsh Rat	anacahuita
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Amazonian Marsh Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

anacahuita

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burkina Faso, Seychelles), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Amazonian Marsh Rat

The Amazonian Marsh Rat (Holochilus sciureus) is a species in the genus Holochilus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.