Dixie ticktrefoil vs Four-toed Jerboa

Desmodium tortuosum compared with Allactaga tetradactyla

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dixie ticktrefoil	Four-toed Jerboa
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Desmodium	Allactaga
Species	Desmodium tortuosum	Allactaga tetradactyla

Conservation Status

Dixie ticktrefoil

LC — Least Concern

Four-toed Jerboa

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dixie ticktrefoil	Four-toed Jerboa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dixie ticktrefoil

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Four-toed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.