Ceylon Spiny Mouse vs hooked-pepperwort

Mus fernandoni compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• Ceylon Spiny Mouse is Endangered while hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Marsileaceae
Genus	Mus (House Mice)	Marsilea
Species	Mus fernandoni	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

EN — Endangered

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	hooked-pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.