Fawn-colored Mouse vs long yam

Mus cervicolor compared with Dioscorea transversa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fawn-colored Mouse	long yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Mus (House Mice)	Dioscorea
Species	Mus cervicolor	Dioscorea transversa

Conservation Status

Fawn-colored Mouse

LC — Least Concern

long yam

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fawn-colored Mouse	long yam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fawn-colored Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

long yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.