Fat-tailed Jird vs Scots pine blister rust

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Cronartium pini

Key Differences

• Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern while Scots pine blister rust is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Scots pine blister rust
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cronartiaceae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Cronartium
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Cronartium pini

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Scots pine blister rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Scots pine blister rust
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Scots pine blister rust

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.