Fish-bone Cassia vs Midday Jird

Chamaecrista mimosoides compared with Meriones meridianus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fish-bone Cassia	Midday Jird
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Chamaecrista	Meriones
Species	Chamaecrista mimosoides	Meriones meridianus

Conservation Status

Fish-bone Cassia

LC — Least Concern

Midday Jird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fish-bone Cassia	Midday Jird
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fish-bone Cassia

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and montane grasslands and shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (4 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).