Mound-building Mouse vs Tangerine

Mus spicilegus compared with Citrus reticulata

Key Differences

• Mound-building Mouse is Least Concern while Tangerine is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mound-building Mouse	Tangerine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Rutaceae
Genus	Mus (House Mice)	Citrus
Species	Mus spicilegus	Citrus reticulata

Conservation Status

Mound-building Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Tangerine

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mound-building Mouse	Tangerine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mound-building 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).