Fat-tailed Jird vs Thrips

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Aptinothrips stylifer

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Thrips
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Thysanoptera (Thysanoptera)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Thripidae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Aptinothrips
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Aptinothrips stylifer

Evolutionary Relationship

Fat-tailed Jird and Thrips share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Thrips

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thrips

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.