Fat-tailed Jird vs Furrowed Melilot

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Melilotus sulcatus

Key Differences

• Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern while Furrowed Melilot is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Furrowed Melilot
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	Melilotus
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Melilotus sulcatus

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Furrowed Melilot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Furrowed Melilot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Furrowed Melilot

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (14 countries) and North America (United States).