Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa vs yellow willow

Pygeretmus platyurus compared with Salix lutea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa	yellow willow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Dipodidae	Salicaceae
Genus	Pygeretmus	Salix
Species	Pygeretmus platyurus	Salix lutea

Conservation Status

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

yellow willow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

yellow willow

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.