Downy Lettuce vs Giant Jumping Rat

Lactuca hirsuta compared with Hypogeomys antimena

Key Differences

• Downy Lettuce is Not Evaluated while Giant Jumping Rat is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Downy Lettuce	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	Lactuca	Hypogeomys
Species	Lactuca hirsuta	Hypogeomys antimena

Conservation Status

Downy Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Giant Jumping Rat

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Downy Lettuce	Giant Jumping Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Downy Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Giant Jumping Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.