Arroz-Selvagem-Vermelho vs Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Oryza rufipogon compared with Calomyscus hotsoni

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arroz-Selvagem-Vermelho	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Calomyscidae
Genus	Oryza (Rice)	Calomyscus
Species	Oryza rufipogon	Calomyscus hotsoni

Conservation Status

Arroz-Selvagem-Vermelho

LC — Least Concern

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arroz-Selvagem-Vermelho	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arroz-Selvagem-Vermelho

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 10 distinct biome types spanning the Palearctic and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt), Asia (5 countries), North America (Costa Rica, Mexico, United States), and South America (8 countries).

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Arroz-Selvagem-Vermelho

The Brownbeard Rice (Oryza rufipogon) is a species in the genus Oryza. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 10 distinct biome types spanning the Palearctic and Indo