Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa vs Septicweed

Cardiocranius paradoxus compared with Senna occidentalis

Key Differences

• Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa is Data Deficient while Septicweed is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa	Septicweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Dipodidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Cardiocranius	Senna
Species	Cardiocranius paradoxus	Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

DD — Data Deficient

Septicweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Septicweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).