Fat-tailed Jird vs Mountain yam

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Key Differences

• Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern while Mountain yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Mountain yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Dioscorea
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Dioscorea hamiltonii

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Mountain yam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.