Downy Safflower vs Midday Jird

Carthamus lanatus compared with Meriones meridianus

Key Differences

• Downy Safflower is Not Evaluated while Midday Jird is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Downy Safflower	Midday Jird
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Carthamus	Meriones
Species	Carthamus lanatus	Meriones meridianus

Conservation Status

Downy Safflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Midday Jird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Downy Safflower	Midday Jird
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Downy Safflower

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (15 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

Midday Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.