Bellyache bush vs Giant Jumping Rat

Jatropha gossypiifolia compared with Hypogeomys antimena

Key Differences

• Bellyache bush is Not Evaluated while Giant Jumping Rat is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bellyache bush	Giant Jumping Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Euphorbiaceae	Nesomyidae
Genus	Jatropha	Hypogeomys
Species	Jatropha gossypiifolia	Hypogeomys antimena

Conservation Status

Bellyache bush

NE — Not Evaluated

Giant Jumping Rat

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bellyache bush	Giant Jumping Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bellyache bush

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (11 countries), North America (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia).

Giant Jumping Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bellyache bush

The Bellyache bush (Jatropha gossypiifolia) is a species in the genus Jatropha. Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.