False Sour Currant vs Fat Sand Rat

Searsia krebsiana compared with Psammomys obesus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Sour Currant	Fat Sand Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Anacardiaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Searsia	Psammomys
Species	Searsia krebsiana	Psammomys obesus

Conservation Status

False Sour Currant

LC — Least Concern

Fat Sand Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Sour Currant	Fat Sand Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Sour Currant

Habitat

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

Fat Sand Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.