Elephant Palm vs Midday Jird

Borassus aethiopum compared with Meriones meridianus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elephant Palm	Midday Jird
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Arecales (Arecales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Arecaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Borassus	Meriones
Species	Borassus aethiopum	Meriones meridianus

Conservation Status

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Midday Jird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elephant Palm	Midday Jird
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elephant Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Yemen.

Midday Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.