Fat-tailed Jird vs limestone fern

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Gymnocarpium robertianum

Key Differences

• Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern while limestone fern is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	limestone fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cystopteridaceae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Gymnocarpium
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Gymnocarpium robertianum

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

limestone fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	limestone fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

limestone fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.