Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa vs Rough-Fruit Amaranth

Pygeretmus platyurus compared with Amaranthus tuberculatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa	Rough-Fruit Amaranth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Dipodidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Pygeretmus	Amaranthus
Species	Pygeretmus platyurus	Amaranthus tuberculatus

Conservation Status

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Rough-Fruit Amaranth

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa	Rough-Fruit Amaranth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rough-Fruit Amaranth

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (10 countries), and North America (United States).