vs Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa

Disciseda candida compared with Pygeretmus pumilio

Key Differences

• is Critically Endangered while Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Dipodidae
Genus	Disciseda	Pygeretmus
Species	Disciseda candida	Pygeretmus pumilio

Conservation Status

CR — Critically Endangered

Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Disciseda candida is a small, puffball-like gastromycete with a white to cream-colored, flattened spherical fruiting body that detaches from its underground base at maturity. It inhabits dry calcareous and sandy soils in steppe and dry grassland environments in central and eastern Europe. This saprotrophic fungus decomposes organic matter in arid grassland soils and disperses spores when its papery peridium splits.