Fat-tailed Jird vs spiral ginger

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Costus pulverulentus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	spiral ginger
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Costaceae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Costus
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Costus pulverulentus

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

spiral ginger

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	spiral ginger
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

spiral ginger

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, and United States.