Chinese Jumping Mouse vs false broom

Eozapus setchuanus compared with Brachypodium sylvaticum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Chinese Jumping Mouse false broom
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Poales (Grasses)
Family Dipodidae Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus Eozapus Brachypodium
Species Eozapus setchuanus Brachypodium sylvaticum

Conservation Status

Chinese Jumping Mouse

LC — Least Concern

false broom

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Chinese Jumping Mouse false broom
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Jumping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

false broom

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Sri Lanka, Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Argentina, Brazil).

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.

false broom

No description available.

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