bolsa-de-pastor vs Kozlov’s Pygmy Jerboa

Oxalis corniculata compared with Salpingotus kozlovi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank bolsa-de-pastor Kozlov’s Pygmy Jerboa
Kingdom Plantae (planta) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (cordados)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order Oxalidales (Oxalidales) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Oxalidaceae Dipodidae
Genus Oxalis Salpingotus
Species Oxalis corniculata Salpingotus kozlovi

Conservation Status

bolsa-de-pastor

LC — Least Concern

Kozlov’s Pygmy Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute bolsa-de-pastor Kozlov’s Pygmy Jerboa
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

bolsa-de-pastor

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (17 countries), Europe (30 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Kozlov’s Pygmy Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

bolsa-de-pastor

No description available.

Kozlov’s Pygmy Jerboa

No description available.

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