Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat vs Giant Jumping Rat

Pattonomys carrikeri compared with Hypogeomys antimena

Key Differences

• Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat is Data Deficient while Giant Jumping Rat is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat	Giant Jumping Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order same	Rodentia (Roedores)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Echimyidae	Nesomyidae
Genus	Pattonomys	Hypogeomys
Species	Pattonomys carrikeri	Hypogeomys antimena

Evolutionary Relationship

Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat and Giant Jumping Rat share a common ancestor at the Order level: Rodentia. (Roedores)

Conservation Status

Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat

DD — Data Deficient

Giant Jumping Rat

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat	Giant Jumping Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Giant Jumping Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat

The Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat (Pattonomys carrikeri) is a species in the genus Pattonomys. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.