Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse vs Jue ming zi

Heteromys desmarestianus compared with Senna occidentalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse	Jue ming zi
Kingdom	Animalia (动物界)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索动物门)	Magnoliophyta (木兰植物门)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳動物)	Magnoliopsida (木兰纲)
Order	Rodentia (啮齿目)	Fabales (豆目)
Family	Heteromyidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Heteromys	Senna
Species	Heteromys desmarestianus	Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Jue ming zi

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Desmarest’s Spiny Pocket Mouse	Jue ming zi
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.

Jue ming zi

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).