Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse vs Hard Alectryon

Heteromys desmarestianus compared with Alectryon subdentatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse	Hard Alectryon
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Heteromyidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Heteromys	Alectryon
Species	Heteromys desmarestianus	Alectryon subdentatus

Conservation Status

Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Hard Alectryon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse	Hard Alectryon
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.

Hard Alectryon

Habitat

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