Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa vs Sour orange

Pygeretmus platyurus compared with Citrus aurantium

Key Differences

• Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa is Least Concern while Sour orange is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Sour orange

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sour orange

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (12 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia).