Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse vs Tangerine

Calomyscus hotsoni compared with Citrus reticulata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Tangerine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Calomyscidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Calomyscus	Citrus
Species	Calomyscus hotsoni	Citrus reticulata

Conservation Status

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Tangerine

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tangerine

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (Laos), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).