Giant Jumping Rat vs Simons’s Mouse Opossum

Hypogeomys antimena compared with Marmosa simonsi

Key Differences

• Giant Jumping Rat is Critically Endangered while Simons’s Mouse Opossum is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant Jumping Rat	Simons’s Mouse Opossum
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Nesomyidae	Didelphidae
Genus	Hypogeomys	Marmosa
Species	Hypogeomys antimena	Marmosa simonsi

Evolutionary Relationship

Giant Jumping Rat and Simons’s Mouse Opossum share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Giant Jumping Rat

CR — Critically Endangered

Simons’s Mouse Opossum

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant Jumping Rat	Simons’s Mouse Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Giant Jumping Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Simons’s Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.