Indian Sundew vs Midday Jird

Drosera indica compared with Meriones meridianus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Indian Sundew	Midday Jird
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Droseraceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Drosera	Meriones
Species	Drosera indica	Meriones meridianus

Conservation Status

Indian Sundew

LC — Least Concern

Midday Jird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Indian Sundew	Midday Jird
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Indian Sundew

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea, Namibia, and Taiwan.

Midday Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.