African basil vs Large-eared Field Mouse

Ocimum gratissimum compared with Apodemus latronum

Key Differences

• African basil is Not Evaluated while Large-eared Field Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African basil	Large-eared Field Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Lamiaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Ocimum	Apodemus
Species	Ocimum gratissimum	Apodemus latronum

Conservation Status

African basil

NE — Not Evaluated

Large-eared Field Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African basil	Large-eared Field Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African basil

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Large-eared Field Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

African basil

The African basil (Ocimum gratissimum) is a species in the genus Ocimum. This species inhabits Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions, found across Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, and Chile.