Fat-tailed Jird vs Red Balau

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Shorea collina

Key Differences

• Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern while Red Balau is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Red Balau
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Shorea
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Shorea collina

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Red Balau

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Red Balau
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red Balau

Habitat

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