Ceylon Spiny Mouse vs five-leaf crotalaria

Mus fernandoni compared with Crotalaria quinquefolia

Key Differences

• Ceylon Spiny Mouse is Endangered while five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	five-leaf crotalaria
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)	Crotalaria
Species	Mus fernandoni	Crotalaria quinquefolia

Conservation Status

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

EN — Endangered

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	five-leaf crotalaria
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).

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.