Adam'S Needle vs Midday Jird

Yucca filamentosa compared with Meriones meridianus

Key Differences

• Adam'S Needle is Not Evaluated while Midday Jird is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adam'S Needle	Midday Jird
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Asparagaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Yucca	Meriones
Species	Yucca filamentosa	Meriones meridianus

Conservation Status

Adam'S Needle

NE — Not Evaluated

Midday Jird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adam'S Needle	Midday Jird
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Adam'S Needle

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia, Taiwan, Turkey), Europe (17 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).

Midday Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Adam'S Needle

The Adam'S Needle (Yucca filamentosa) is a species in the genus Yucca. This species inhabits Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes, found across Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, and Belgium.