Lantana vs Nepalese Field Mouse

Lantana camara compared with Apodemus gurkha

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Lantana Nepalese Field Mouse
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Lamiales (Lamiales) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Verbenaceae Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus Lantana Apodemus
Species Lantana camara Apodemus gurkha

Conservation Status

Lantana

LC — Least Concern

Nepalese Field Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Lantana Nepalese Field Mouse
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lantana

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (30 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Nepalese Field Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lantana

No description available.

Nepalese Field Mouse

No description available.

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