Midday Jird vs Woolly Tea-tree

Meriones meridianus compared with Leptospermum lanigerum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Midday Jird	Woolly Tea-tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Myrtaceae
Genus	Meriones	Leptospermum
Species	Meriones meridianus	Leptospermum lanigerum

Conservation Status

Midday Jird

LC — Least Concern

Woolly Tea-tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Midday Jird	Woolly Tea-tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Midday Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Woolly Tea-tree

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.