Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse vs Fine-bracted Hawkweed

Heteromys desmarestianus compared with Hieracium diaphanoides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse	Fine-bracted Hawkweed
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	Hieracium
Species	Heteromys desmarestianus	Hieracium diaphanoides

Conservation Status

Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Fine-bracted Hawkweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse	Fine-bracted Hawkweed
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.

Fine-bracted Hawkweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Portugal, and Sweden.