Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse vs mango-pine

Heteromys desmarestianus compared with Barringtonia asiatica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse	mango-pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Heteromyidae	Lecythidaceae
Genus	Heteromys	Barringtonia
Species	Heteromys desmarestianus	Barringtonia asiatica

Conservation Status

Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

mango-pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse	mango-pine
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.

mango-pine

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Antigua and Barbuda, Comoros, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Taiwan.