Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse vs Redroot amaranth

Calomyscus hotsoni compared with Amaranthus retroflexus

Key Differences

• Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse is Least Concern while Redroot amaranth is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Redroot amaranth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Calomyscidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Calomyscus	Amaranthus
Species	Calomyscus hotsoni	Amaranthus retroflexus

Conservation Status

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Redroot amaranth

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Redroot amaranth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Redroot amaranth

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (14 countries), Europe (36 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (6 countries).