Chinese soapberry vs Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

Sapindus mukorossi compared with Cardiocranius paradoxus

Key Differences

• Chinese soapberry is Least Concern while Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese soapberry	Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Sapindaceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Sapindus	Cardiocranius
Species	Sapindus mukorossi	Cardiocranius paradoxus

Conservation Status

Chinese soapberry

LC — Least Concern

Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese soapberry	Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese soapberry

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Taiwan, United States, and Yemen.

Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chinese soapberry

The Chinese Soapberry (Sapindus mukorossi) is a species in the genus Sapindus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Distributed across Taiwan, United States, and Yemen.