African Bean vs Fat-tailed Jird

Faurea saligna compared with Pachyuromys duprasi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Bean	Fat-tailed Jird
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Proteales (Proteales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Proteaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Faurea	Pachyuromys
Species	Faurea saligna	Pachyuromys duprasi

Conservation Status

African Bean

LC — Least Concern

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Bean	Fat-tailed Jird
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Bean

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

African Bean

The African Bean (Faurea saligna) is a species in the genus Faurea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. This species inhabits Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.