Ashy Button vs Little Desert Pocket Mouse

Acleris sparsana compared with Chaetodipus arenarius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ashy Button	Little Desert Pocket Mouse
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Tortricidae	Heteromyidae
Genus	Acleris	Chaetodipus
Species	Acleris sparsana	Chaetodipus arenarius

Evolutionary Relationship

Ashy Button and Little Desert Pocket Mouse share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Ashy Button

LC — Least Concern

Little Desert Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ashy Button	Little Desert Pocket Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ashy Button

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Little Desert Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ashy Button

Ashy button (Acleris sparsana) is a species in the genus Acleris. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.