Ceylon Spiny Mouse vs Pencil flower

Mus fernandoni compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Key Differences

• Ceylon Spiny Mouse is Endangered while Pencil flower is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	Pencil flower
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)	Stylosanthes
Species	Mus fernandoni	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

EN — Endangered

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	Pencil flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pencil flower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), 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.