Ashy Button vs Gray-bellied Rice Rat

Acleris sparsana compared with Nephelomys moerex

Key Differences

• Ashy Button is Least Concern while Gray-bellied Rice Rat is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ashy Button	Gray-bellied Rice Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (สัตว์)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Arthropoda (สัตว์ขาปล้อง)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Insecta (แมลง)	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Lepidoptera (ผีเสื้อ)	Rodentia (อันดับสัตว์ฟันแทะ)
Family	Tortricidae	Cricetidae
Genus	Acleris	Nephelomys
Species	Acleris sparsana	Nephelomys moerex

Evolutionary Relationship

Ashy Button and Gray-bellied Rice Rat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (สัตว์)

Conservation Status

Ashy Button

LC — Least Concern

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ashy Button	Gray-bellied Rice Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ashy Button

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

Ashy Button

Ashy button (Acleris sparsana) is a species in the genus Acleris. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.