Eastern Spiny Mouse vs Septicweed

Acomys dimidiatus compared with Senna occidentalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Eastern Spiny Mouse Septicweed
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Muridae (Mice & Rats) Fabaceae
Genus Acomys Senna
Species Acomys dimidiatus Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

Eastern Spiny Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Septicweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Eastern Spiny Mouse Septicweed
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Spiny Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Septicweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).

Eastern Spiny Mouse

No description available.

Septicweed

No description available.

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