Midday Jird vs Yellow Prickle

Meriones meridianus compared with Zanthoxylum martinicense

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Midday Jird	Yellow Prickle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Rutaceae
Genus	Meriones	Zanthoxylum
Species	Meriones meridianus	Zanthoxylum martinicense

Conservation Status

Midday Jird

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Prickle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Midday Jird	Yellow Prickle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Midday Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Prickle

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.