Fawn-colored Mouse vs Horse botfly

Mus cervicolor compared with Gasterophilus intestinalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fawn-colored Mouse	Horse botfly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Oestridae
Genus	Mus (House Mice)	Gasterophilus
Species	Mus cervicolor	Gasterophilus intestinalis

Evolutionary Relationship

Fawn-colored Mouse and Horse botfly share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Fawn-colored Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Horse botfly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fawn-colored Mouse	Horse botfly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fawn-colored Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Horse botfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.