Indian toothcup vs Mound-building Mouse

Rotala indica compared with Mus spicilegus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Indian toothcup	Mound-building Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Lythraceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Rotala	Mus (House Mice)
Species	Rotala indica	Mus spicilegus

Conservation Status

Indian toothcup

LC — Least Concern

Mound-building Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Indian toothcup	Mound-building Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Indian toothcup

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India, Uzbekistan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).