Bitter Pumpkin vs Midday Jird

Cucurbita lundelliana compared with Meriones meridianus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Pumpkin	Midday Jird
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cucurbitales (Cucurbitales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cucurbitaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Cucurbita	Meriones
Species	Cucurbita lundelliana	Meriones meridianus

Conservation Status

Bitter Pumpkin

LC — Least Concern

Midday Jird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Pumpkin	Midday Jird
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bitter Pumpkin

Habitat

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

Midday Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bitter Pumpkin

The Bitter Pumpkin (Cucurbita lundelliana) is a species in the genus Cucurbita. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.