Giant Jumping Rat vs Water spangles

Hypogeomys antimena compared with Salvinia minima

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant Jumping Rat	Water spangles
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Nesomyidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Hypogeomys	Salvinia
Species	Hypogeomys antimena	Salvinia minima

Conservation Status

Giant Jumping Rat

CR — Critically Endangered

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Giant Jumping Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Water spangles

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Sri Lanka), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).