Alligatorweed vs Large-eared Field Mouse

Alternanthera philoxeroides compared with Apodemus latronum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alligatorweed	Large-eared Field Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Amaranthaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Alternanthera	Apodemus
Species	Alternanthera philoxeroides	Apodemus latronum

Conservation Status

Alligatorweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Large-eared Field Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alligatorweed

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar), Asia (14 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (4 countries).

Large-eared Field Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Alligatorweed

The Alligatorweed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) is a species in the genus Alternanthera. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.