Fish-bone Cassia vs Majestic Pericote

Chamaecrista mimosoides compared with Phyllotis magister

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fish-bone Cassia	Majestic Pericote
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Chamaecrista	Phyllotis
Species	Chamaecrista mimosoides	Phyllotis magister

Conservation Status

Fish-bone Cassia

LC — Least Concern

Majestic Pericote

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fish-bone Cassia	Majestic Pericote
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fish-bone Cassia

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and montane grasslands and shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (4 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).