Madwoman'S Milk vs Midday Jird

Euphorbia helioscopia compared with Meriones meridianus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Madwoman'S Milk	Midday Jird
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Euphorbiaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Euphorbia	Meriones
Species	Euphorbia helioscopia	Meriones meridianus

Conservation Status

Madwoman'S Milk

LC — Least Concern

Midday Jird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Madwoman'S Milk	Midday Jird
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Madwoman'S Milk

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Namibia, South Africa), Asia (China, Taiwan, Uzbekistan), Europe (17 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).