dooryard sowbug vs Great Jerboa

Porcellio laevis compared with Allactaga major

Taxonomic Classification

Rank dooryard sowbug Great Jerboa
Kingdom same Animalia (Animals) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Malacostraca (Crustaceans) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Isopoda (Isopoda) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Porcellionidae Dipodidae
Genus Porcellio Allactaga
Species Porcellio laevis Allactaga major

Evolutionary Relationship

dooryard sowbug and Great Jerboa share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

dooryard sowbug

LC — Least Concern

Great Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute dooryard sowbug Great Jerboa
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

dooryard sowbug

Habitat

Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (12 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Great Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ukraine.

dooryard sowbug

No description available.

Great Jerboa

No description available.

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