Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse vs myrtle willow

Calomyscus hotsoni compared with Salix myrsinites

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	myrtle willow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Calomyscidae	Salicaceae
Genus	Calomyscus	Salix
Species	Calomyscus hotsoni	Salix myrsinites

Conservation Status

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

myrtle willow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	myrtle willow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

myrtle willow

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.