Barbados nut vs Davids echymipera

Jatropha curcas compared with Echymipera davidi

Key Differences

• Barbados nut is Not Evaluated while Davids echymipera is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barbados nut	Davids echymipera
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Peramelemorphia (Peramelemorphia)
Family	Euphorbiaceae	Peramelidae
Genus	Jatropha	Echymipera
Species	Jatropha curcas	Echymipera davidi

Conservation Status

Barbados nut

NE — Not Evaluated

Davids echymipera

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barbados nut	Davids echymipera
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barbados nut

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (44 countries), Asia (15 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (17 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Davids echymipera

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Barbados nut

The Barbados nut (Jatropha curcas) is a species in the genus Jatropha. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Po.