Curled Thistle vs Mound-building Mouse

Carduus crispus compared with Mus spicilegus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Curled Thistle	Mound-building 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)	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Carduus	Mus (House Mice)
Species	Carduus crispus	Mus spicilegus

Conservation Status

Curled Thistle

LC — Least Concern

Mound-building Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Curled Thistle	Mound-building Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Curled Thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, North Korea), Europe (7 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Mound-building Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.