Few-flowered Fumitory vs Large-eared Field Mouse

Fumaria vaillantii compared with Apodemus latronum

Key Differences

• Few-flowered Fumitory is Critically Endangered while Large-eared Field Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Few-flowered Fumitory	Large-eared Field Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Papaveraceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Fumaria	Apodemus
Species	Fumaria vaillantii	Apodemus latronum

Conservation Status

Few-flowered Fumitory

CR — Critically Endangered

Large-eared Field Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Few-flowered Fumitory	Large-eared Field Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Few-flowered Fumitory

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate grasslands and steppes, among 4 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (15 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Large-eared Field Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.