Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain vs Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Heteranthera dubia compared with Calomyscus hotsoni

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Commelinales (Commelinales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Pontederiaceae	Calomyscidae
Genus	Heteranthera	Calomyscus
Species	Heteranthera dubia	Calomyscus hotsoni

Conservation Status

Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain

LC — Least Concern

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.