Fat-tailed Jird vs five-leaf crotalaria

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Crotalaria quinquefolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Fat-tailed Jird five-leaf crotalaria
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Muridae (Mice & Rats) Fabaceae
Genus Pachyuromys Crotalaria
Species Pachyuromys duprasi Crotalaria quinquefolia

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Fat-tailed Jird five-leaf crotalaria
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).

Fat-tailed Jird

No description available.

five-leaf crotalaria

No description available.

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