Fat-tailed Jird vs Nose botfly

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Nose botfly
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	Gasterophilus
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Nose botfly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Nose botfly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Nose botfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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