Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse vs short-stem iris

Calomyscus hotsoni compared with Iris brevicaulis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	short-stem iris
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Mantodea (Mantodea)
Family	Calomyscidae	Eremiaphilidae
Genus	Calomyscus	Iris
Species	Calomyscus hotsoni	Iris brevicaulis

Evolutionary Relationship

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse and short-stem iris share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

short-stem iris

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	short-stem iris
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

short-stem iris

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Canada.