Fat-tailed Jird vs Lagos-rubber

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Funtumia africana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Lagos-rubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Funtumia
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Funtumia africana

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Lagos-rubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Lagos-rubber
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lagos-rubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Guinea, and India.