Chinese Jumping Mouse vs Jonc du Nil

Eozapus setchuanus compared with Cyperus papyrus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Jumping Mouse	Jonc du Nil
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Dipodidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Eozapus	Cyperus
Species	Eozapus setchuanus	Cyperus papyrus

Conservation Status

Chinese Jumping Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Jonc du Nil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Jumping Mouse	Jonc du Nil
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Jumping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jonc du Nil

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Laos), Europe (Italy, Portugal), North America (Costa Rica, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Chinese Jumping Mouse

The Chinese Jumping Mouse (Eozapus setchuanus) is a species in the genus Eozapus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.