maracanã-guaçu vs Gray-bellied Rice Rat

Ara severus compared with Nephelomys moerex

Key Differences

maracanã-guaçu is Least Concern while Gray-bellied Rice Rat is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	maracanã-guaçu	Gray-bellied Rice Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Aves (ave)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Cricetidae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Nephelomys
Species	Ara severus	Nephelomys moerex

Evolutionary Relationship

maracanã-guaçu and Gray-bellied Rice Rat share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

View Phylum: Chordata

Conservation Status

maracanã-guaçu

LC — Least Concern

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	maracanã-guaçu	Gray-bellied Rice Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

maracanã-guaçu

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (Belgium, Norway), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

maracanã-guaçu

A maracanã-do-Orinoco (Ara severus) é uma arara de médio porte do gênero Ara, habitante de florestas tropicais e savanas arborizadas da América do Sul, do Panamá ao Brasil central. Possui plumagem verde com testa castanha, asas azuis e cauda avermelhada. Vive em grupos barulhentos e se alimenta de frutos, sementes e flores. Nidifica em ocos de árvores. É frequentemente mantida como ave de gaiola, sendo comercializada ilegalmente.