African Bean vs Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Faurea saligna compared with Pygeretmus platyurus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Bean	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Proteales (Proteales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Proteaceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Faurea	Pygeretmus
Species	Faurea saligna	Pygeretmus platyurus

Conservation Status

African Bean

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Bean	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa
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.

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

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.