arrowhead vs Fiery Spiny Mouse

Sagittaria sagittifolia compared with Acomys ignitus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank arrowhead Fiery Spiny Mouse
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Liliopsida (Monocots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Alismatales (Alismatales) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Alismataceae Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus Sagittaria Acomys
Species Sagittaria sagittifolia Acomys ignitus

Conservation Status

arrowhead

LC — Least Concern

Fiery Spiny Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute arrowhead Fiery Spiny Mouse
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

arrowhead

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (7 countries), North America (Mexico), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Fiji).

Fiery Spiny Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

arrowhead

The Arrowhead, Sagittaria sagittifolia, is a species. It is currently assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Fiery Spiny Mouse

No description available.

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