Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse vs Squirrel Corn

Calomyscus hotsoni compared with Dicentra canadensis

Key Differences

• Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse is Least Concern while Squirrel Corn is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Squirrel Corn
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Calomyscidae	Papaveraceae
Genus	Calomyscus	Dicentra
Species	Calomyscus hotsoni	Dicentra canadensis

Conservation Status

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Squirrel Corn

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Squirrel Corn
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Squirrel Corn

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.