Mongolian Five-toed Jerboa vs Sourgrass

Allactaga sibirica compared with Digitaria insularis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mongolian Five-toed Jerboa	Sourgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Dipodidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Allactaga	Digitaria
Species	Allactaga sibirica	Digitaria insularis

Conservation Status

Mongolian Five-toed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Sourgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mongolian Five-toed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sourgrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Ghana), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).