Fat-tailed Jird vs Streamside Swordfern

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Nephrolepis rivularis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Streamside Swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Nephrolepis
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Nephrolepis rivularis

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Streamside Swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Streamside Swordfern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Streamside Swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.