Fat-tailed Jird vs Silverfish

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Ctenolepisma longicaudatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Silverfish
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Zygentoma (Zygentoma)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Lepismatidae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Ctenolepisma
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Ctenolepisma longicaudatum

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Silverfish

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Silverfish
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silverfish

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Cyprus, Taiwan), Europe (11 countries), and North America (United States).