Golden Thomasomys vs Frutero Escamado

Thomasomys aureus compared with Ampelioides tschudii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Golden Thomasomys	Frutero Escamado
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Passeriformes (paseriformes)
Family	Cricetidae	Cotingidae
Genus	Thomasomys	Ampelioides
Species	Thomasomys aureus	Ampelioides tschudii

Evolutionary Relationship

Golden Thomasomys and Frutero Escamado share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

Golden Thomasomys

LC — Least Concern

Frutero Escamado

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Golden Thomasomys	Frutero Escamado
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Golden Thomasomys

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Frutero Escamado

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Frutero Escamado

El frutero escamado (Ampelioides tschudii) esta clasificado como Preocupacion Menor (LC) en la Lista Roja de la UICN. Es una especie ampliamente distribuida y abundante en su area de distribucion, con poblaciones estables y sin problemas de conservacion inmediatos.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇻🇪 Venezuela