Ceylon Spiny Mouse vs Sessile joyweed

Mus fernandoni compared with Alternanthera sessilis

Key Differences

• Ceylon Spiny Mouse is Endangered while Sessile joyweed is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	Sessile joyweed
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)	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Mus (House Mice)	Alternanthera
Species	Mus fernandoni	Alternanthera sessilis

Conservation Status

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

EN — Endangered

Sessile joyweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	Sessile joyweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sessile joyweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (26 countries), Asia (12 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (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.