Fat-tailed Jird vs Northern Firefly

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Pyractomena borealis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Northern Firefly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Lampyridae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Pyractomena
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Pyractomena borealis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Northern Firefly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Northern Firefly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.