Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa vs Water spangles

Cardiocranius paradoxus compared with Salvinia minima

Key Differences

• Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa is Data Deficient while Water spangles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa	Water spangles
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Dipodidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Cardiocranius	Salvinia
Species	Cardiocranius paradoxus	Salvinia minima

Conservation Status

Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

DD — Data Deficient

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Water spangles

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Sri Lanka), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).