Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat vs Chilipuca Colorada

Pattonomys carrikeri compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

• Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat is Data Deficient while Chilipuca Colorada is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat	Chilipuca Colorada
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Echimyidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Pattonomys	Phaseolus
Species	Pattonomys carrikeri	Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat

DD — Data Deficient

Chilipuca Colorada

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat	Chilipuca Colorada
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.

Chilipuca Colorada

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇻🇪 Venezuela