Fat-tailed Jird vs Gut Weed

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Ulva intestinalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Gut Weed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Chlorophyta (Chlorophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Ulvophyceae (Ulvophyceae)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ulvales (Ulvales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Ulvaceae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Ulva
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Ulva intestinalis

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Gut Weed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Gut Weed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gut Weed

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and Oceania, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil).