five-leaf crotalaria vs Midday Jird

Crotalaria quinquefolia compared with Meriones meridianus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	five-leaf crotalaria	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	Crotalaria	Meriones
Species	Crotalaria quinquefolia	Meriones meridianus

Conservation Status

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Midday Jird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	five-leaf crotalaria	Midday Jird
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).