Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse vs Tickclover

Heteromys desmarestianus compared with Desmodium incanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse	Tickclover
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Nagetiere)	Fabales (Schmetterlingsblütenartige)
Family	Heteromyidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Heteromys	Desmodium
Species	Heteromys desmarestianus	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse	Tickclover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).