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 (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Rodentia (Roedores)
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.