Four-toed Jerboa vs Natal plum

Allactaga tetradactyla compared with Carissa macrocarpa

Key Differences

• Four-toed Jerboa is Data Deficient while Natal plum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Jerboa	Natal plum
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	Allactaga	Carissa
Species	Allactaga tetradactyla	Carissa macrocarpa

Conservation Status

Four-toed Jerboa

DD — Data Deficient

Natal plum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Jerboa	Natal plum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Four-toed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Natal plum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).