Cupped Ear vs Ecuadorean Rice Rat

Otidea cantharella compared with Nephelomys auriventer

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cupped Ear	Ecuadorean Rice Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pezizales (Pezizales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Otideaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Otidea	Nephelomys
Species	Otidea cantharella	Nephelomys auriventer

Conservation Status

Cupped Ear

LC — Least Concern

Ecuadorean Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cupped Ear	Ecuadorean Rice Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cupped Ear

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Ecuadorean Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.