Cheng s Jird vs Dwarf Water Clover

Meriones chengi compared with Marsilea minuta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Cheng s Jird Dwarf Water Clover
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Tracheophyta
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family Muridae (Mice & Rats) Marsileaceae
Genus Meriones Marsilea
Species Meriones chengi Marsilea minuta

Conservation Status

Cheng s Jird

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf Water Clover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Cheng s Jird Dwarf Water Clover
Diet — —
Average Lifespan — —
Average Length — —
Average Weight — —

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cheng s Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dwarf Water Clover

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Comoros), Asia (Bhutan, Taiwan, Vietnam), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Cheng s Jird

The Cheng s Jird (Meriones chengi) is a species in the genus Meriones. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dwarf Water Clover

No description available.

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