Five-leaflet Bitter-cress vs Mexican prairie dog

Cardamine pentaphyllos compared with Cynomys mexicanus

Key Differences

• Five-leaflet Bitter-cress is Not Evaluated while Mexican prairie dog is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Five-leaflet Bitter-cress	Mexican prairie dog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Brassicales (Brassicales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Brassicaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Cardamine	Cynomys
Species	Cardamine pentaphyllos	Cynomys mexicanus

Conservation Status

Five-leaflet Bitter-cress

NE — Not Evaluated

Mexican prairie dog

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Five-leaflet Bitter-cress	Mexican prairie dog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Five-leaflet Bitter-cress

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Sweden.

Mexican prairie dog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.