Amazon Bamboo Rat vs Tickclover

Dactylomys dactylinus compared with Desmodium incanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Amazon Bamboo Rat	Tickclover
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order	Rodentia (ネズミ目)	Fabales (マメ目)
Family	Echimyidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Dactylomys	Desmodium
Species	Dactylomys dactylinus	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Amazon Bamboo Rat

LC — Least Concern

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Amazon Bamboo Rat	Tickclover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Amazon Bamboo Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Amazon Bamboo Rat

The Amazon Bamboo Rat (Dactylomys dactylinus) is a species in the genus Dactylomys. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.