Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse vs Lesser marigold

Calomyscus hotsoni compared with Tagetes filifolia

Key Differences

• Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse is Least Concern while Lesser marigold is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Lesser marigold
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Calomyscidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Calomyscus	Tagetes
Species	Calomyscus hotsoni	Tagetes filifolia

Conservation Status

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Lesser marigold

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Lesser marigold
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lesser marigold

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and United States.