Fat-tailed Jird vs Tacked Milkcap

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Lactarius trivialis

Key Differences

• Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern while Tacked Milkcap is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed Jird	Tacked Milkcap
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Russulales (Russulales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Russulaceae
Genus	Pachyuromys	Lactarius
Species	Pachyuromys duprasi	Lactarius trivialis

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Tacked Milkcap

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed Jird	Tacked Milkcap
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tacked Milkcap

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.