cow-itch vs Giant Jumping Rat

Mucuna pruriens compared with Hypogeomys antimena

Key Differences

• cow-itch is Not Evaluated while Giant Jumping Rat is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	cow-itch	Giant Jumping Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Nesomyidae
Genus	Mucuna	Hypogeomys
Species	Mucuna pruriens	Hypogeomys antimena

Conservation Status

cow-itch

NE — Not Evaluated

Giant Jumping Rat

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	cow-itch	Giant Jumping Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

cow-itch

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Giant Jumping Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.