Centaury vs Giant Jumping Rat

Cirsium eliasianum compared with Hypogeomys antimena

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Centaury	Giant Jumping Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Nesomyidae
Genus	Cirsium	Hypogeomys
Species	Cirsium eliasianum	Hypogeomys antimena

Conservation Status

Centaury

CR — Critically Endangered

Giant Jumping Rat

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Centaury

Habitat

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

Giant Jumping Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Centaury

The Centaury (Cirsium eliasianum) is a species in the genus Cirsium. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.