Northern Hopping Mouse vs Wild Lettuce

Notomys aquilo compared with Lactuca indica

Key Differences

• Northern Hopping Mouse is Endangered while Wild Lettuce is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Northern Hopping Mouse	Wild Lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Notomys	Lactuca
Species	Notomys aquilo	Lactuca indica

Conservation Status

Northern Hopping Mouse

EN — Endangered

Wild Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Northern Hopping Mouse	Wild Lettuce
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Northern Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar, South Africa), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).