Desert Dormouse vs Few-flowered Fumitory

Selevinia betpakdalaensis compared with Fumaria vaillantii

Key Differences

• Desert Dormouse is Data Deficient while Few-flowered Fumitory is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Desert Dormouse	Few-flowered Fumitory
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Gliridae	Papaveraceae
Genus	Selevinia	Fumaria
Species	Selevinia betpakdalaensis	Fumaria vaillantii

Conservation Status

Desert Dormouse

DD — Data Deficient

Few-flowered Fumitory

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Desert Dormouse	Few-flowered Fumitory
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Desert Dormouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Few-flowered Fumitory

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate grasslands and steppes, among 4 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (15 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.