Fat-tailed Jird vs Silver ragwort

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Jacobaea maritima

Key Differences

• Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern while Silver ragwort is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Silver ragwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Pachyuromys	Jacobaea
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Jacobaea maritima

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Silver ragwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Silver ragwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silver ragwort

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya), Asia (Armenia, India), Europe (5 countries), North America (Mexico, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).