Moon Trefoil vs Mound-building Mouse

Medicago arborea compared with Mus spicilegus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Moon Trefoil	Mound-building Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Medicago	Mus (House Mice)
Species	Medicago arborea	Mus spicilegus

Conservation Status

Moon Trefoil

LC — Least Concern

Mound-building Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Moon Trefoil	Mound-building Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Moon Trefoil

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), Europe (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

Mound-building Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.