Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa vs Sapele

Pygeretmus platyurus compared with Entandrophragma cylindricum

Key Differences

• Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa is Least Concern while Sapele is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa	Sapele
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Dipodidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Pygeretmus	Entandrophragma
Species	Pygeretmus platyurus	Entandrophragma cylindricum

Conservation Status

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Sapele

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sapele

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.