Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa vs thatch palm

Cardiocranius paradoxus compared with Coccothrinax crinita

Key Differences

• Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa is Data Deficient while thatch palm is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa	thatch palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Dipodidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Cardiocranius	Coccothrinax
Species	Cardiocranius paradoxus	Coccothrinax crinita

Conservation Status

Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

DD — Data Deficient

thatch palm

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

thatch palm

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 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Cuba. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.