Four-toed Jerboa vs Holywood

Allactaga tetradactyla compared with Guaiacum sanctum

Key Differences

• Four-toed Jerboa is Data Deficient while Holywood is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Jerboa	Holywood
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Zygophyllales (Zygophyllales)
Family	Dipodidae	Zygophyllaceae
Genus	Allactaga	Guaiacum
Species	Allactaga tetradactyla	Guaiacum sanctum

Conservation Status

Four-toed Jerboa

DD — Data Deficient

Holywood

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Jerboa	Holywood
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Four-toed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Holywood

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 6 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and United States. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.