Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse vs Prickly Sedge

Calomyscus hotsoni compared with Carex spicata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Prickly Sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Calomyscidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Calomyscus	Carex
Species	Calomyscus hotsoni	Carex spicata

Conservation Status

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Prickly Sedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).