Fat-tailed Jird vs Painted Suillus

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Suillus spraguei

Key Differences

• Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern while Painted Suillus is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Painted Suillus
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)	Suillaceae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Suillus
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Suillus spraguei

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Painted Suillus

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Painted Suillus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Painted Suillus

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Taiwan and United States.