Fat-tailed Jird vs Wrinkled medick

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Medicago rugosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Wrinkled medick
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Medicago
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Medicago rugosa

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Wrinkled medick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Wrinkled medick
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wrinkled medick

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).