Rat musqué vs haricot-de-lima

Ondatra zibethicus compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

• Rat musqué is Not Evaluated while haricot-de-lima is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Rat musqué	haricot-de-lima
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Cricetidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Ondatra	Phaseolus
Species	Ondatra zibethicus	Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Rat musqué

NE — Not Evaluated

haricot-de-lima

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Rat musqué	haricot-de-lima
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Rat musqué

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (8 countries), Europe (37 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile).

haricot-de-lima

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).

Rat musqué

The Bisamratte (Ondatra zibethicus) is a species in the genus Ondatra. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇪🇸 Spain 🇺🇸 United States