Fat-tailed Jird vs swamp fleabane

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Erigeron elatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	swamp fleabane
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Pachyuromys	Erigeron
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Erigeron elatus

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

swamp fleabane

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	swamp fleabane
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

swamp fleabane

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.