akee vs Giant Jumping Rat

Blighia sapida compared with Hypogeomys antimena

Key Differences

• akee is Not Evaluated while Giant Jumping Rat is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	akee	Giant Jumping Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Sapindaceae	Nesomyidae
Genus	Blighia	Hypogeomys
Species	Blighia sapida	Hypogeomys antimena

Conservation Status

akee

NE — Not Evaluated

Giant Jumping Rat

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	akee	Giant Jumping Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

akee

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Giant Jumping Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

akee

The Akee (Blighia sapida) is a species in the genus Blighia. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.