Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa vs Silkrubber

Cardiocranius paradoxus compared with Funtumia elastica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Dipodidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Cardiocranius	Funtumia
Species	Cardiocranius paradoxus	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

DD — Data Deficient

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silkrubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.