Amazonian Marsh Rat vs Deviltree

Holochilus sciureus compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Amazonian Marsh Rat	Deviltree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Cricetidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Holochilus	Alstonia
Species	Holochilus sciureus	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Amazonian Marsh Rat

LC — Least Concern

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Amazonian Marsh Rat	Deviltree
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.

Deviltree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

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.