black-bindweed vs Midday Jird

Dioscorea communis compared with Meriones meridianus

Key Differences

• black-bindweed is Not Evaluated while Midday Jird is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black-bindweed	Midday Jird
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Dioscoreaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Dioscorea	Meriones
Species	Dioscorea communis	Meriones meridianus

Conservation Status

black-bindweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Midday Jird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black-bindweed	Midday Jird
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black-bindweed

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Portugal and Sweden.

Midday Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

black-bindweed

The Black-bindweed (Dioscorea communis) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.