Large-eared Field Mouse vs Prickly Heath

Apodemus latronum compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

• Large-eared Field Mouse is Least Concern while Prickly Heath is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large-eared Field Mouse	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Ericaceae
Genus	Apodemus	Gaultheria
Species	Apodemus latronum	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Large-eared Field Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large-eared Field Mouse	Prickly Heath
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large-eared Field Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.