Fat-tailed Jird vs silver nailroot

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Paronychia argentea

Key Differences

• Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern while silver nailroot is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	silver nailroot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Paronychia
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Paronychia argentea

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

silver nailroot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	silver nailroot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

silver nailroot

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Belgium, and Sweden.