bafureira vs Midday Jird

Ricinus communis compared with Meriones meridianus

Key Differences

• bafureira is Not Evaluated while Midday Jird is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	bafureira	Midday Jird
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Euphorbiaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Ricinus	Meriones
Species	Ricinus communis	Meriones meridianus

Conservation Status

bafureira

NE — Not Evaluated

Midday Jird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	bafureira	Midday Jird
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

bafureira

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (33 countries), Asia (26 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (15 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (12 countries).

Midday Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

bafureira

The Castor (Ricinus communis) is a species in the genus Ricinus. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and hi