Bending Bittercress vs Fat-tailed Jird

Cardamine flexuosa compared with Pachyuromys duprasi

Key Differences

• Bending Bittercress is Not Evaluated while Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bending Bittercress	Fat-tailed Jird
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Brassicales (Brassicales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Brassicaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Cardamine	Pachyuromys
Species	Cardamine flexuosa	Pachyuromys duprasi

Conservation Status

Bending Bittercress

NE — Not Evaluated

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bending Bittercress	Fat-tailed Jird
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bending Bittercress

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zimbabwe), Asia (8 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Venezuela).

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bending Bittercress

The Bending Bittercress (Cardamine flexuosa) is a species in the genus Cardamine. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.