Fat-tailed Jird vs Soapberry

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Sapindus saponaria

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Soapberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Sapindaceae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Sapindus
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Sapindus saponaria

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Soapberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Soapberry

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (India, Vietnam), North America (Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).