Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse vs Narrow-Cheeked Clusterfly

Calomyscus hotsoni compared with Pollenia angustigena

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Narrow-Cheeked Clusterfly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Calomyscidae	Polleniidae
Genus	Calomyscus	Pollenia
Species	Calomyscus hotsoni	Pollenia angustigena

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Narrow-Cheeked Clusterfly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Narrow-Cheeked Clusterfly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Narrow-Cheeked Clusterfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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