Fat-tailed Jird vs Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Sphiggurus pruinosus

Key Differences

• Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern while Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order same	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Erethizontidae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Sphiggurus
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Sphiggurus pruinosus

Evolutionary Relationship

Fat-tailed Jird and Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine share a common ancestor at the Order level: Rodentia. (Rodents)

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.