Fat-tailed Jird vs Pavement ant

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Tetramorium caespitum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Pavement ant
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Formicidae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Tetramorium
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Tetramorium caespitum

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Pavement ant

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Pavement ant
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pavement ant

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Argentina, Venezuela).