vs Four-toed Jerboa

Coprinopsis stercorea compared with Allactaga tetradactyla

Key Differences

  • is Least Concern while Four-toed Jerboa is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Four-toed Jerboa
Kingdom Fungi (Fungi) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Basidiomycota (Club Fungi) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Psathyrellaceae Dipodidae
Genus Coprinopsis Allactaga
Species Coprinopsis stercorea Allactaga tetradactyla

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Four-toed Jerboa

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Four-toed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Coprinopsis stercorea is a small, inky cap mushroom growing on herbivore dung and manure-enriched soils, as its species name implies. It inhabits pastures, stables, and woodland areas with dung deposits across temperate regions of Europe and North America. This coprophilous saprotrophic fungus decomposes dung organic matter and autodigests its cap as spores mature.

Four-toed Jerboa

No description available.

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