Fawn-colored Mouse vs Marsh Greenbottle

Mus cervicolor compared with Lucilia silvarum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fawn-colored Mouse	Marsh Greenbottle
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)	Calliphoridae
Genus	Mus (House Mice)	Lucilia
Species	Mus cervicolor	Lucilia silvarum

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Fawn-colored Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Marsh Greenbottle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fawn-colored Mouse	Marsh Greenbottle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fawn-colored Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Marsh Greenbottle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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