Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse vs Narrow swordfern

Calomyscus hotsoni compared with Nephrolepis cordifolia

Key Differences

• Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse is Least Concern while Narrow swordfern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Narrow swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Calomyscidae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Calomyscus	Nephrolepis
Species	Calomyscus hotsoni	Nephrolepis cordifolia

Conservation Status

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Narrow swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Narrow swordfern
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 swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Sweden), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).