Fat-tailed Jird vs Java plum

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Syzygium cumini

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Fat-tailed Jird Java plum
Kingdom Animalia (สัตว์) Plantae (พืช)
Phylum Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม) Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order Rodentia (อันดับสัตว์ฟันแทะ) Myrtales (อันดับชมพู่)
Family Muridae (Mice & Rats) Myrtaceae
Genus Pachyuromys Syzygium
Species Pachyuromys duprasi Syzygium cumini

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Java plum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Fat-tailed Jird Java plum
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Java plum

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical 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 (13 countries), Asia (8 countries), North America (16 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Fat-tailed Jird

No description available.

Java plum

No description available.

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