Dixie ticktrefoil vs Mound-building Mouse

Desmodium tortuosum compared with Mus spicilegus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Dixie ticktrefoil Mound-building Mouse
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Fabales (Legumes & Allies) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Fabaceae Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus Desmodium Mus (House Mice)
Species Desmodium tortuosum Mus spicilegus

Conservation Status

Dixie ticktrefoil

LC — Least Concern

Mound-building Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Dixie ticktrefoil Mound-building Mouse
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dixie ticktrefoil

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Mound-building Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dixie ticktrefoil

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Mound-building Mouse

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