Bellyache bush vs Midday Jird

Jatropha gossypiifolia compared with Meriones meridianus

Key Differences

• Bellyache bush is Not Evaluated while Midday Jird is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bellyache bush	Midday Jird
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Euphorbiaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Jatropha	Meriones
Species	Jatropha gossypiifolia	Meriones meridianus

Conservation Status

Bellyache bush

NE — Not Evaluated

Midday Jird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bellyache bush	Midday Jird
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bellyache bush

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (11 countries), North America (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia).

Midday Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bellyache bush

The Bellyache bush (Jatropha gossypiifolia) is a species in the genus Jatropha. Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.