Midday Jird vs Tarweed fiddleneck

Meriones meridianus compared with Amsinckia lycopsoides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Midday Jird	Tarweed fiddleneck
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Boraginaceae
Genus	Meriones	Amsinckia
Species	Meriones meridianus	Amsinckia lycopsoides

Conservation Status

Midday Jird

LC — Least Concern

Tarweed fiddleneck

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Midday Jird	Tarweed fiddleneck
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Midday Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tarweed fiddleneck

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).