Eversmann s Hamster vs erva-tostão

Allocricetulus eversmanni compared with Boerhavia diffusa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eversmann s Hamster	erva-tostão
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Cricetidae	Nyctaginaceae
Genus	Allocricetulus	Boerhavia
Species	Allocricetulus eversmanni	Boerhavia diffusa

Conservation Status

Eversmann s Hamster

LC — Least Concern

erva-tostão

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eversmann s Hamster	erva-tostão
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eversmann s Hamster

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

erva-tostão

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (7 countries), and South America (4 countries).