Cattail vs Chinese Jumping Mouse

Typha angustifolia compared with Eozapus setchuanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cattail	Chinese Jumping Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Typhaceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Typha	Eozapus
Species	Typha angustifolia	Eozapus setchuanus

Conservation Status

Cattail

LC — Least Concern

Chinese Jumping Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cattail	Chinese Jumping Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cattail

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt, Mozambique), Asia (9 countries), Europe (6 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia), and South America (7 countries).

Chinese Jumping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cattail

The Cattail (Typha angustifolia) is a species in the genus Typha. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and high

Chinese Jumping Mouse

The Chinese Jumping Mouse (Eozapus setchuanus) is a species in the genus Eozapus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.