Dixie ticktrefoil vs Midday Jird

Desmodium tortuosum compared with Meriones meridianus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dixie ticktrefoil	Midday Jird
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Desmodium	Meriones
Species	Desmodium tortuosum	Meriones meridianus

Conservation Status

Dixie ticktrefoil

LC — Least Concern

Midday Jird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dixie ticktrefoil	Midday Jird
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).