Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse vs Moon cactus

Heteromys desmarestianus compared with Harrisia martinii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse	Moon cactus
Kingdom	Animalia (động vật)	Plantae (thực vật)
Phylum	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (lớp Thú)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Bộ Gặm nhấm)	Caryophyllales (Bộ Cẩm chướng)
Family	Heteromyidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Heteromys	Harrisia
Species	Heteromys desmarestianus	Harrisia martinii

Conservation Status

Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Moon cactus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse	Moon cactus
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.

Moon cactus

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Namibia, South Africa, and United States.