Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse vs tabat-diable

Heteromys desmarestianus compared with Pluchea carolinensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse	tabat-diable
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Heteromyidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Heteromys	Pluchea
Species	Heteromys desmarestianus	Pluchea carolinensis

Conservation Status

Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

tabat-diable

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse	tabat-diable
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.

tabat-diable

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).