Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa vs trailing tormentil

Pygeretmus platyurus compared with Potentilla anglica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa	trailing tormentil
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Dipodidae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Pygeretmus	Potentilla
Species	Pygeretmus platyurus	Potentilla anglica

Conservation Status

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

trailing tormentil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

trailing tormentil

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).