Hare's-tail vs ilima

Lagurus ovatus compared with Sida cordifolia

Key Differences

• Hare's-tail is Not Evaluated while ilima is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hare's-tail	ilima
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Cricetidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Lagurus	Sida
Species	Lagurus ovatus	Sida cordifolia

Conservation Status

Hare's-tail

NE — Not Evaluated

ilima

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hare's-tail	ilima
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hare's-tail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Japan), Europe (13 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Ecuador).

ilima

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (Sweden), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇷 Brazil 🇯🇵 Japan 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 United States