Fat Sand Rat vs Spanish elm

Psammomys obesus compared with Cordia alliodora

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat Sand Rat	Spanish elm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cordiaceae
Genus	Psammomys	Cordia
Species	Psammomys obesus	Cordia alliodora

Conservation Status

Fat Sand Rat

LC — Least Concern

Spanish elm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat Sand Rat	Spanish elm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat Sand Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spanish elm

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), North America (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (5 countries).