Formosan koa vs Four-toed Jerboa

Acacia confusa compared with Allactaga tetradactyla

Key Differences

• Formosan koa is Least Concern while Four-toed Jerboa is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Formosan koa	Four-toed Jerboa
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Acacia	Allactaga
Species	Acacia confusa	Allactaga tetradactyla

Conservation Status

Formosan koa

LC — Least Concern

Four-toed Jerboa

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Formosan koa	Four-toed Jerboa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Formosan koa

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius, Seychelles), Asia (5 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia, Palau).

Four-toed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.