Fat-tailed Jird vs Higuillo

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Piper dilatatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Higuillo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Piperales (Piperales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Piperaceae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Piper
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Piper dilatatum

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Higuillo

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Higuillo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Higuillo

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.