Giant Jumping Rat vs red-cedar

Hypogeomys antimena compared with Trichilia hirta

Key Differences

• Giant Jumping Rat is Critically Endangered while red-cedar is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant Jumping Rat	red-cedar
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Nesomyidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Hypogeomys	Trichilia
Species	Hypogeomys antimena	Trichilia hirta

Conservation Status

Giant Jumping Rat

CR — Critically Endangered

red-cedar

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant Jumping Rat	red-cedar
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Giant Jumping Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

red-cedar

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.