Midday Jird vs Vegetable fern

Meriones meridianus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Midday Jird	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Athyriaceae
Genus	Meriones	Diplazium
Species	Meriones meridianus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Midday Jird

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Midday Jird	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Midday Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.