Cupped Ear vs Mound-building Mouse

Otidea cantharella compared with Mus spicilegus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cupped Ear	Mound-building Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pezizales (Pezizales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Otideaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Otidea	Mus (House Mice)
Species	Otidea cantharella	Mus spicilegus

Conservation Status

Cupped Ear

LC — Least Concern

Mound-building Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cupped Ear	Mound-building Mouse
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.

Mound-building Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.