cheken vs Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

Luma chequen compared with Cardiocranius paradoxus

Key Differences

  • cheken is Least Concern while Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank cheken Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Myrtales (Myrtales) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Myrtaceae Dipodidae
Genus Luma Cardiocranius
Species Luma chequen Cardiocranius paradoxus

Conservation Status

cheken

LC — Least Concern

Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute cheken Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

cheken

Habitat

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

Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

cheken

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

Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

No description available.

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