Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse vs Leche Maria

Calomyscus hotsoni compared with Euphorbia tanquahuete

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Leche Maria
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Calomyscidae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Calomyscus	Euphorbia
Species	Calomyscus hotsoni	Euphorbia tanquahuete

Conservation Status

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Leche Maria

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Leche Maria
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Leche Maria

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Colombia.