Gunpowder tree vs Jentink's Duiker

Melochia umbellata compared with Cephalophus jentinki

Key Differences

• Gunpowder tree is Least Concern while Jentink's Duiker is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gunpowder tree	Jentink's Duiker
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Malvaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Melochia	Cephalophus
Species	Melochia umbellata	Cephalophus jentinki

Conservation Status

Gunpowder tree

LC — Least Concern

Jentink's Duiker

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gunpowder tree	Jentink's Duiker
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gunpowder tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, and United States.

Jentink's Duiker

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.