Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa vs Holywood

Cardiocranius paradoxus compared with Guaiacum sanctum

Key Differences

• Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa is Data Deficient while Holywood is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa	Holywood
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Zygophyllales (Zygophyllales)
Family	Dipodidae	Zygophyllaceae
Genus	Cardiocranius	Guaiacum
Species	Cardiocranius paradoxus	Guaiacum sanctum

Conservation Status

Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

DD — Data Deficient

Holywood

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa	Holywood
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Holywood

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 6 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and United States. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.