Fat-tailed Jird vs Procumbent Cotoneaster

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Cotoneaster prostratus

Key Differences

• Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern while Procumbent Cotoneaster is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Procumbent Cotoneaster
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Pachyuromys	Cotoneaster
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Cotoneaster prostratus

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Procumbent Cotoneaster

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Procumbent Cotoneaster
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Procumbent Cotoneaster

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.