Fat-tailed Jird vs Greater dodder

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Cuscuta europaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Greater dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Cuscuta
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Greater dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Greater dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).