Atlantic Giant Pumpkin vs Ord's kangaroo rat

Cucurbita maxima compared with Dipodomys ordii

Key Differences

• Atlantic Giant Pumpkin is Not Evaluated while Ord's kangaroo rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Atlantic Giant Pumpkin	Ord's kangaroo rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cucurbitales (Cucurbitales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cucurbitaceae	Heteromyidae
Genus	Cucurbita	Dipodomys
Species	Cucurbita maxima	Dipodomys ordii

Conservation Status

Atlantic Giant Pumpkin

NE — Not Evaluated

Ord's kangaroo rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Atlantic Giant Pumpkin	Ord's kangaroo rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Atlantic Giant Pumpkin

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (5 countries), Europe (17 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia).

Ord's kangaroo rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Atlantic Giant Pumpkin

The Atlantic Giant Pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) is a species in the genus Cucurbita. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.