Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse vs Downy Safflower

Heteromys desmarestianus compared with Carthamus lanatus

Key Differences

• Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse is Least Concern while Downy Safflower is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse	Downy Safflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Heteromyidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Heteromys	Carthamus
Species	Heteromys desmarestianus	Carthamus lanatus

Conservation Status

Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Downy Safflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse	Downy Safflower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Downy Safflower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (15 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Chile).