Fat-tailed Jird vs Marbled Button

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Acleris maccana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Marbled Button
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Tortricidae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Acleris
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Acleris maccana

Evolutionary Relationship

Fat-tailed Jird and Marbled Button share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Marbled Button

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Marbled Button
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Marbled Button

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.