Giant Jumping Rat vs

Hypogeomys antimena compared with Postia lowei

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant Jumping Rat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Nesomyidae	Dacryobolaceae
Genus	Hypogeomys	Postia
Species	Hypogeomys antimena	Postia lowei

Conservation Status

Giant Jumping Rat

CR — Critically Endangered

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Giant Jumping Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Postia lowei is a soft, white to cream-colored bracket fungus forming annual, shelf-like fruiting bodies on decaying conifer wood. It inhabits boreal and montane coniferous forests, growing on dead fallen logs and stumps. This brown-rot saprotrophic fungus decomposes the cellulose of conifer wood, leaving characteristic brown cubical rot.