Deviltree vs Giant Jumping Rat

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Hypogeomys antimena

Key Differences

  • Deviltree is Least Concern while Giant Jumping Rat is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Deviltree Giant Jumping Rat
Kingdom Plantae (tumbuhan) Animalia (hewan)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (mamalia)
Order Gentianales (Gentianales) Rodentia (hewan pengerat)
Family Apocynaceae Nesomyidae
Genus Alstonia Hypogeomys
Species Alstonia macrophylla Hypogeomys antimena

Conservation Status

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Giant Jumping Rat

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Deviltree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Giant Jumping Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Deviltree

No description available.

Giant Jumping Rat

No description available.

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