Cheng s Jird vs Floating Fern

Meriones chengi compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Cheng s Jird is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cheng s Jird	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Salviniaceae
Genus	Meriones	Salvinia
Species	Meriones chengi	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Cheng s Jird

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cheng s Jird	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cheng s Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.