Bijao vs Fawn-colored Mouse

Thalia geniculata compared with Mus cervicolor

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bijao	Fawn-colored Mouse
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Thaliacea (Thaliacea)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Salpida (Salpida)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Salpidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Thalia	Mus (House Mice)
Species	Thalia geniculata	Mus cervicolor

Evolutionary Relationship

Bijao and Fawn-colored Mouse share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

Bijao

LC — Least Concern

Fawn-colored Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bijao	Fawn-colored Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bijao

Habitat

Native to Africa and Asia and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

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

Fawn-colored Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bijao

The Arrowroot, Thalia geniculata, is a species. It is currently assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Africa and Asia and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.