Beggar'S-Buttons vs Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Arctium lappa compared with Calomyscus hotsoni

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Calomyscidae
Genus	Arctium	Calomyscus
Species	Arctium lappa	Calomyscus hotsoni

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beggar'S-Buttons

Habitat

Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (North Korea, Taiwan), Europe (11 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Beggar'S-Buttons

The Beggar'S-Buttons (Arctium lappa) is a species in the genus Arctium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.