Fat-tailed Jird vs wormseed

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Artemisia maritima

Key Differences

• Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern while wormseed is Critically Endangered.

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)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Pachyuromys	Artemisia
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Artemisia maritima

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

wormseed

CR — Critically Endangered

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

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and South America (Brazil). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.