Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa vs mountain willow

Pygeretmus platyurus compared with Salix barclayi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa	mountain willow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Dipodidae	Salicaceae
Genus	Pygeretmus	Salix
Species	Pygeretmus platyurus	Salix barclayi

Conservation Status

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

mountain willow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa	mountain willow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mountain willow

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.