Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse vs mountain winterberry

Heteromys desmarestianus compared with Ilex montana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse	mountain winterberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Aquifoliales (Aquifoliales)
Family	Heteromyidae	Aquifoliaceae
Genus	Heteromys	Ilex
Species	Heteromys desmarestianus	Ilex montana

Conservation Status

Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

mountain winterberry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse	mountain winterberry
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.

mountain winterberry

Habitat

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