Cheng s Jird vs Water spangles

Meriones chengi compared with Salvinia minima

Key Differences

• Cheng s Jird is Least Concern while Water spangles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cheng s Jird	Water spangles
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 minima

Conservation Status

Cheng s Jird

LC — Least Concern

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cheng s Jird	Water spangles
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cheng s Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Water spangles

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Sri Lanka), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States), 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.