Chinaroot vs Mongolian Five-toed Jerboa

Dioscorea villosa compared with Allactaga sibirica

Key Differences

• Chinaroot is Not Evaluated while Mongolian Five-toed Jerboa is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinaroot	Mongolian Five-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 sibirica

Conservation Status

Chinaroot

NE — Not Evaluated

Mongolian Five-toed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinaroot	Mongolian Five-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.

Mongolian Five-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.