Key lime vs Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Citrus aurantiifolia compared with Pygeretmus platyurus

Key Differences

• Key lime is Not Evaluated while Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Key lime	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Rutaceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Citrus	Pygeretmus
Species	Citrus aurantiifolia	Pygeretmus platyurus

Conservation Status

Key lime

NE — Not Evaluated

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Key lime	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Key lime

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.