Chinaroot vs Four-toed Jerboa

Dioscorea villosa compared with Allactaga tetradactyla

Key Differences

• Chinaroot is Not Evaluated while Four-toed Jerboa is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinaroot	Four-toed Jerboa
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Dioscoreaceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Dioscorea	Allactaga
Species	Dioscorea villosa	Allactaga tetradactyla

Conservation Status

Chinaroot

NE — Not Evaluated

Four-toed Jerboa

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinaroot	Four-toed Jerboa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinaroot

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Four-toed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chinaroot

The Chinaroot (Dioscorea villosa) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.