Fat-tailed Jird vs Wormseed

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Dysphania anthelmintica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Wormseed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Dysphania
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Dysphania anthelmintica

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Wormseed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wormseed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (United States).