house mouse vs Long-tailed Dwarf Hamster

Mus musculus compared with Cricetulus longicaudatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	house mouse	Long-tailed Dwarf Hamster
Kingdom same	Animalia (動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum same	Chordata (脊索動物)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class same	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order same	Rodentia (ネズミ目)	Rodentia (ネズミ目)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cricetidae
Genus	Mus (House Mice)	Cricetulus
Species	Mus musculus	Cricetulus longicaudatus

Evolutionary Relationship

house mouse and Long-tailed Dwarf Hamster share a common ancestor at the Order level: Rodentia. (ネズミ目)

Conservation Status

house mouse

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Long-tailed Dwarf Hamster

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	house mouse	Long-tailed Dwarf Hamster
Diet	Omnivore	—
Average Lifespan	2 years	—
Average Length	9 cm	—
Average Weight	20 g	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

house mouse

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (13 countries), Europe (41 countries), North America (14 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (10 countries).

Long-tailed Dwarf Hamster

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

house mouse

地球上で最も広く分布し個体数が多い哺乳類の一つであるハツカネズミは南アジアを起源とし、南極大陸を除くすべての大陸に人類文明とともに広まった。体重わずか15〜25gで、最小限の食物と水で生存できる高度に適応した雑食性動物である。世界で最も一般的に使用される実験動物として、生物医学研究のほぼすべての分野に貢献してきた。世界的に農業に多大な被害を与える。