Giant Jumping Rat vs Gillet's cherry-orange

Hypogeomys antimena compared with Citropsis gilletiana

Key Differences

• Giant Jumping Rat is Critically Endangered while Gillet's cherry-orange is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant Jumping Rat	Gillet's cherry-orange
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Nesomyidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Hypogeomys	Citropsis
Species	Hypogeomys antimena	Citropsis gilletiana

Conservation Status

Giant Jumping Rat

CR — Critically Endangered

Gillet's cherry-orange

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant Jumping Rat	Gillet's cherry-orange
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Giant Jumping Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gillet's cherry-orange

Habitat

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