Chickenweed vs Indochinese Chiromyscus

Portulaca quadrifida compared with Chiromyscus chiropus

Key Differences

• Chickenweed is Not Evaluated while Indochinese Chiromyscus is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chickenweed	Indochinese Chiromyscus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Portulacaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Portulaca	Chiromyscus
Species	Portulaca quadrifida	Chiromyscus chiropus

Conservation Status

Chickenweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Indochinese Chiromyscus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chickenweed	Indochinese Chiromyscus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chickenweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands).

Indochinese Chiromyscus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chickenweed

The Chickenweed (Portulaca quadrifida) is a species in the genus Portulaca. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.