Ceylon Spiny Mouse vs coral-bean

Mus fernandoni compared with Erythrina fusca

Key Differences

• Ceylon Spiny Mouse is Endangered while coral-bean is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	coral-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Mus (House Mice)	Erythrina
Species	Mus fernandoni	Erythrina fusca

Conservation Status

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

EN — Endangered

coral-bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	coral-bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

coral-bean

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Sao Tome and Principe), Oceania and the Pacific (Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

The Ceylon Spiny Mouse (Mus fernandoni) is a species in the genus Mus. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.