Polynesian rat vs franga-d'água-americana

Rattus exulans compared with Porzana carolina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Polynesian rat	franga-d'água-americana
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Aves (ave)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Gruiformes (Gruiformes)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Rallidae
Genus	Rattus	Porzana
Species	Rattus exulans	Porzana carolina

Evolutionary Relationship

Polynesian rat and franga-d'água-americana share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

View Phylum: Chordata

Conservation Status

Polynesian rat

LC — Least Concern

franga-d'água-americana

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Polynesian rat	franga-d'água-americana
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Polynesian rat

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (6 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (Chile).

franga-d'água-americana

Habitat

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

Range

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

Polynesian rat

No description available.

franga-d'água-americana

A franga-d'agua-americana (Porzana carolina) esta classificada como Pouco Preocupante (LC) na Lista Vermelha da UICN. Amplamente distribuida e abundante em sua area de ocorrencia, com populacoes estaveis e sem preocupacoes imediatas de conservacao.