Fawn-colored Mouse vs Field Thistle

Mus cervicolor compared with Cirsium discolor

Key Differences

• Fawn-colored Mouse is Least Concern while Field Thistle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fawn-colored Mouse	Field Thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Mus (House Mice)	Cirsium
Species	Mus cervicolor	Cirsium discolor

Conservation Status

Fawn-colored Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Field Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fawn-colored Mouse	Field Thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fawn-colored Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Field Thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.