Ceylon Spiny Mouse vs Jointed Pricklypear

Mus fernandoni compared with Opuntia aurantiaca

Key Differences

• Ceylon Spiny Mouse is Endangered while Jointed Pricklypear is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	Jointed Pricklypear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cactaceae
Genus	Mus (House Mice)	Opuntia
Species	Mus fernandoni	Opuntia aurantiaca

Conservation Status

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

EN — Endangered

Jointed Pricklypear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	Jointed Pricklypear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jointed Pricklypear

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Eswatini, Jamaica, Namibia, and South Africa.

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.