Mexican Harvest Mouse vs Natal plum

Reithrodontomys mexicanus compared with Carissa macrocarpa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mexican Harvest Mouse	Natal plum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Cricetidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Reithrodontomys	Carissa
Species	Reithrodontomys mexicanus	Carissa macrocarpa

Conservation Status

Mexican Harvest Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Natal plum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mexican Harvest Mouse	Natal plum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mexican Harvest Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Natal plum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).