'Ihi vs Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Oxalis corniculata compared with Pygeretmus platyurus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank 'Ihi Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Oxalidales (Oxalidales) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Oxalidaceae Dipodidae
Genus Oxalis Pygeretmus
Species Oxalis corniculata Pygeretmus platyurus

Conservation Status

'Ihi

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute 'Ihi Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

'Ihi

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (17 countries), Europe (30 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

'Ihi

No description available.

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

No description available.

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