Katung Fa vs Lesser Short-tailed Rat

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Brachyuromys betsileoensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Katung Fa	Lesser Short-tailed Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (พืช)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา)	Rodentia (อันดับสัตว์ฟันแทะ)
Family	Apocynaceae	Nesomyidae
Genus	Alstonia	Brachyuromys
Species	Alstonia macrophylla	Brachyuromys betsileoensis

Conservation Status

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Short-tailed Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Katung Fa	Lesser Short-tailed Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Katung Fa

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.