Chinese Jumping Mouse vs Japanese Maple

Eozapus setchuanus compared with Acer palmatum

Key Differences

• Chinese Jumping Mouse is Least Concern while Japanese Maple is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Jumping Mouse	Japanese Maple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Dipodidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Eozapus	Acer
Species	Eozapus setchuanus	Acer palmatum

Conservation Status

Chinese Jumping Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Japanese Maple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Jumping Mouse	Japanese Maple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Jumping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Japanese Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Georgia, Turkey), Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (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.