Fat-tailed Jird vs Onion Earthball

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Scleroderma cepa

Key Differences

• Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern while Onion Earthball is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Onion Earthball
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Sclerodermataceae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Scleroderma
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Scleroderma cepa

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Onion Earthball

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Onion Earthball
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Onion Earthball

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).