Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse vs silk-floss tree

Calomyscus hotsoni compared with Ceiba speciosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	silk-floss tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Calomyscidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Calomyscus	Ceiba
Species	Calomyscus hotsoni	Ceiba speciosa

Conservation Status

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

silk-floss tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	silk-floss tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

silk-floss tree

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Turkey.