Fat-tailed Jird vs Fern Palm

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Cycas revoluta

Key Differences

• Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern while Fern Palm is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Fern Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Cycadopsida (Cycadopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Cycadales (Cycadales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cycadaceae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Cycas
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Cycas revoluta

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Fern Palm

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Fern Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fern Palm

Habitat

Native to Africa and Asia and Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Taiwan), Europe (Portugal), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).