Creeping meadow foxtail vs Peruvian Ichthyomyine

Alopecurus arundinaceus compared with Neusticomys peruviensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Creeping meadow foxtail	Peruvian Ichthyomyine
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Cricetidae
Genus	Alopecurus	Neusticomys
Species	Alopecurus arundinaceus	Neusticomys peruviensis

Conservation Status

Creeping meadow foxtail

LC — Least Concern

Peruvian Ichthyomyine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Creeping meadow foxtail	Peruvian Ichthyomyine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Creeping meadow foxtail

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Bhutan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).