Custard Apple vs Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Annona reticulata compared with Pygeretmus platyurus

Key Differences

• Custard Apple is Not Evaluated while Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Custard Apple	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Annonaceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Annona	Pygeretmus
Species	Annona reticulata	Pygeretmus platyurus

Conservation Status

Custard Apple

NE — Not Evaluated

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Custard Apple	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Custard Apple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia).

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.