Fat-tailed Jird vs Fur carpet beetle

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Attagenus pellio

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Fur carpet beetle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Dermestidae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Attagenus
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Attagenus pellio

Evolutionary Relationship

Fat-tailed Jird and Fur carpet beetle share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Fur carpet beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Fur carpet beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fur carpet beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (11 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).