Ceylon Spiny Mouse vs mango-pine

Mus fernandoni compared with Barringtonia asiatica

Key Differences

• Ceylon Spiny Mouse is Endangered while mango-pine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	mango-pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Lecythidaceae
Genus	Mus (House Mice)	Barringtonia
Species	Mus fernandoni	Barringtonia asiatica

Conservation Status

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

EN — Endangered

mango-pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	mango-pine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mango-pine

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Antigua and Barbuda, Comoros, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Taiwan.

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.