Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse vs Throat botfly

Calomyscus hotsoni compared with Gasterophilus nasalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Throat botfly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Calomyscidae	Oestridae
Genus	Calomyscus	Gasterophilus
Species	Calomyscus hotsoni	Gasterophilus nasalis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Throat botfly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Throat botfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.