Fivefingers vs Mound-building Mouse

Syngonium angustatum compared with Mus spicilegus

Key Differences

• Fivefingers is Not Evaluated while Mound-building Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fivefingers	Mound-building Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Araceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Syngonium	Mus (House Mice)
Species	Syngonium angustatum	Mus spicilegus

Conservation Status

Fivefingers

NE — Not Evaluated

Mound-building Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fivefingers	Mound-building Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fivefingers

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Mound-building Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.