'Ihi vs Midday Jird

Oxalis corniculata compared with Meriones meridianus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank 'Ihi Midday Jird
Kingdom Plantae (식물) Animalia (동물)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (피자식물문) Chordata (척삭동물)
Class Magnoliopsida (목련강) Mammalia (포유류)
Order Oxalidales (괭이밥목) Rodentia (설치류)
Family Oxalidaceae Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus Oxalis Meriones
Species Oxalis corniculata Meriones meridianus

Conservation Status

'Ihi

LC — Least Concern

Midday Jird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute 'Ihi Midday Jird
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

'Ihi

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).

Midday Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

'Ihi

No description available.

Midday Jird

No description available.

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