Fat-tailed Jird vs Indigo Milk Cap

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Lactarius indigo

Key Differences

• Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern while Indigo Milk Cap is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Indigo Milk Cap
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Russulales (Russulales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Russulaceae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Lactarius
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Lactarius indigo

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Indigo Milk Cap

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Indigo Milk Cap
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indigo Milk Cap

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.