Heptner s Pygmy Jerboa vs lime prickly-ash

Salpingotus heptneri compared with Zanthoxylum fagara

Key Differences

• Heptner s Pygmy Jerboa is Data Deficient while lime prickly-ash is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Heptner s Pygmy Jerboa	lime prickly-ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Dipodidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Salpingotus	Zanthoxylum
Species	Salpingotus heptneri	Zanthoxylum fagara

Conservation Status

Heptner s Pygmy Jerboa

DD — Data Deficient

lime prickly-ash

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Heptner s Pygmy Jerboa	lime prickly-ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Heptner s Pygmy Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

lime prickly-ash

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 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.