vs Mongolian Five-toed Jerboa

Melanoleuca cognata compared with Allactaga sibirica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Mongolian Five-toed Jerboa
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Tricholomataceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Melanoleuca	Allactaga
Species	Melanoleuca cognata	Allactaga sibirica

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Mongolian Five-toed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Mongolian Five-toed Jerboa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Mongolian Five-toed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Melanoleuca cognata is a medium-sized, brownish mushroom with a buff to ochre-brown cap, crowded pale gills, and a somewhat fibrous stipe. It grows on humus-rich soils in temperate deciduous and mixed forests across Europe and North America. This saprotrophic fungus decomposes leaf litter and buried woody material in woodland soils.