Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse vs Hover fly

Calomyscus hotsoni compared with Cheilosia pagana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Hover fly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Calomyscidae	Syrphidae
Genus	Calomyscus	Cheilosia
Species	Calomyscus hotsoni	Cheilosia pagana

Evolutionary Relationship

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse and Hover fly share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Hover fly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Hover fly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hover fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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