Fat-tailed Jird vs Sallow Button

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Acleris hastiana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Sallow Button
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Tortricidae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Acleris
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Acleris hastiana

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Sallow Button

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Sallow Button
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sallow Button

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.