Bunny rat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Bunny rat Reithrodon auritus Least concern

Where the bunny rat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 10 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Reithrodon auritus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Mass	80 g (adult weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Cricetidae

Where does the bunny rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the bunny rat in 1 country or territory across South America.

Argentina

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a bunny rat?

Wikidata records the following for the bunny rat: mass 80 g (adult weight).

Is the bunny rat endangered?

The bunny rat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the bunny rat?

The bunny rat (Reithrodon auritus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Cricetidae, genus Reithrodon. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the bunny rat

The bunny rat, or hairy-soled conyrat (Reithrodon auritus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, native to southern South America.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Bunny rat (revision 1381149057), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1761979 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).