Fat-tailed Jird vs Tangerine

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Citrus reticulata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Tangerine
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)	Rutaceae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Citrus
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Citrus reticulata

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Tangerine

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tangerine

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (Laos), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).