Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa vs Yefen

Pygeretmus platyurus compared with Fuirena umbellata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa	Yefen
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Dipodidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Pygeretmus	Fuirena
Species	Pygeretmus platyurus	Fuirena umbellata

Conservation Status

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Yefen

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yefen

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).