Fat-tailed Jird vs Northern cattle grub

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Hypoderma bovis

Key Differences

• Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern while Northern cattle grub is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Northern cattle grub
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Oestridae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Hypoderma
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Hypoderma bovis

Evolutionary Relationship

Fat-tailed Jird and Northern cattle grub share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Northern cattle grub

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Northern cattle grub
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Northern cattle grub

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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