Fat-tailed Jird vs Grooved Flax

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Linum sulcatum

Key Differences

• Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern while Grooved Flax is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Grooved Flax
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Linaceae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Linum
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Linum sulcatum

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Grooved Flax

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Grooved Flax
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Grooved Flax

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.