Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse vs small water-pepper

Heteromys desmarestianus compared with Persicaria minor

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse	small water-pepper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Heteromyidae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Heteromys	Persicaria
Species	Heteromys desmarestianus	Persicaria minor

Conservation Status

Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

small water-pepper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse	small water-pepper
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.

small water-pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada), and Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, Papua New Guinea).