Cheeseweed mallow vs Dwarf Hutia

Malva parviflora compared with Mesocapromys nanus

Key Differences

• Cheeseweed mallow is Not Evaluated while Dwarf Hutia is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cheeseweed mallow	Dwarf Hutia
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Malvaceae	Capromyidae
Genus	Malva	Mesocapromys
Species	Malva parviflora	Mesocapromys nanus

Conservation Status

Cheeseweed mallow

NE — Not Evaluated

Dwarf Hutia

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cheeseweed mallow	Dwarf Hutia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cheeseweed mallow

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Palau), and South America (7 countries).

Dwarf Hutia

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cheeseweed mallow

The Cheeseweed mallow (Malva parviflora) is a species in the genus Malva. Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.