False sicklepod vs Mound-building Mouse

Senna multijuga compared with Mus spicilegus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank False sicklepod 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 Senna Mus (House Mice)
Species Senna multijuga Mus spicilegus

Conservation Status

False sicklepod

LC — Least Concern

Mound-building Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute False sicklepod Mound-building Mouse
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

False sicklepod

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Europe (Portugal), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Mound-building Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

False sicklepod

No description available.

Mound-building Mouse

No description available.

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