carandá vs Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Copernicia alba compared with Pygeretmus platyurus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	carandá	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Arecales (Arecales)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Arecaceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Copernicia	Pygeretmus
Species	Copernicia alba	Pygeretmus platyurus

Conservation Status

carandá

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	carandá	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

carandá

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Brazil.

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

carandá

The Caranday Palm (Copernicia alba) is a species in the genus Copernicia. It is currently classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.