Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse vs long yam

Calomyscus hotsoni compared with Dioscorea transversa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	long yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Calomyscidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Calomyscus	Dioscorea
Species	Calomyscus hotsoni	Dioscorea transversa

Conservation Status

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

long yam

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	long yam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

long yam

Habitat

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