Cheng s Jird vs Fivefingers

Meriones chengi compared with Syngonium angustatum

Key Differences

• Cheng s Jird is Least Concern while Fivefingers is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cheng s Jird	Fivefingers
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Araceae
Genus	Meriones	Syngonium
Species	Meriones chengi	Syngonium angustatum

Conservation Status

Cheng s Jird

LC — Least Concern

Fivefingers

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cheng s Jird	Fivefingers
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cheng s Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fivefingers

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.