Fat Sand Rat vs Tangerine

Psammomys obesus compared with Citrus reticulata

Key Differences

• Fat Sand Rat is Least Concern while Tangerine is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat Sand Rat	Tangerine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Rutaceae
Genus	Psammomys	Citrus
Species	Psammomys obesus	Citrus reticulata

Conservation Status

Fat Sand Rat

LC — Least Concern

Tangerine

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat Sand Rat	Tangerine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat Sand Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tangerine

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (Laos), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).