Katung Fa vs Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Pygeretmus pumilio

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Katung Fa Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa
Kingdom Plantae (พืช) Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่) Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา) Rodentia (อันดับสัตว์ฟันแทะ)
Family Apocynaceae Dipodidae
Genus Alstonia Pygeretmus
Species Alstonia macrophylla Pygeretmus pumilio

Conservation Status

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Katung Fa Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Katung Fa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Katung Fa

No description available.

Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa

No description available.

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