Carelessweed vs Mound-building Mouse

Amaranthus spinosus compared with Mus spicilegus

Key Differences

  • Carelessweed is Not Evaluated while Mound-building Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Carelessweed Mound-building Mouse
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Amaranthaceae Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus Amaranthus Mus (House Mice)
Species Amaranthus spinosus Mus spicilegus

Conservation Status

Carelessweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Mound-building Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Carelessweed Mound-building Mouse
Diet — —
Average Lifespan — —
Average Length — —
Average Weight — —

Habitat & Geographic Range

Carelessweed

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Mound-building Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Carelessweed

The Carelessweed (Amaranthus spinosus) is a species in the genus Amaranthus. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Mound-building Mouse

No description available.

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