Fimbry vs Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Fimbristylis littoralis compared with Pygeretmus platyurus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fimbry	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cyperaceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Fimbristylis	Pygeretmus
Species	Fimbristylis littoralis	Pygeretmus platyurus

Conservation Status

Fimbry

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fimbry	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fimbry

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (Brunei, Singapore, Thailand), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.