Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa vs Fimbry

Pygeretmus pumilio compared with Fimbristylis littoralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa	Fimbry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Dipodidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Pygeretmus	Fimbristylis
Species	Pygeretmus pumilio	Fimbristylis littoralis

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Fimbry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fimbry

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (Brunei, Singapore, Thailand), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (4 countries).