Atlantic Giant Pumpkin vs Peruvian Laucha

Cucurbita maxima compared with Calomys sorellus

Key Differences

• Atlantic Giant Pumpkin is Not Evaluated while Peruvian Laucha is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Atlantic Giant Pumpkin	Peruvian Laucha
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cucurbitales (Cucurbitales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cucurbitaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Cucurbita	Calomys
Species	Cucurbita maxima	Calomys sorellus

Conservation Status

Atlantic Giant Pumpkin

NE — Not Evaluated

Peruvian Laucha

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Atlantic Giant Pumpkin	Peruvian Laucha
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).

Peruvian Laucha

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.