Fat-tailed Jird vs Small Persimmon

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Diospyros vaccinioides

Key Differences

• Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern while Small Persimmon is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Small Persimmon
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Ebenaceae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Diospyros
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Diospyros vaccinioides

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Small Persimmon

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Small Persimmon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Small Persimmon

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Taiwan. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.