Beach-Heath vs Fat-tailed Jird

Hudsonia tomentosa compared with Pachyuromys duprasi

Key Differences

• Beach-Heath is Not Evaluated while Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beach-Heath	Fat-tailed Jird
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cistaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Hudsonia	Pachyuromys
Species	Hudsonia tomentosa	Pachyuromys duprasi

Conservation Status

Beach-Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beach-Heath	Fat-tailed Jird
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beach-Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Beach-Heath

The Beach-Heath (Hudsonia tomentosa) is a species in the genus Hudsonia. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.