Ceylon Spiny Mouse vs Sieva bean

Mus fernandoni compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

  • Ceylon Spiny Mouse is Endangered while Sieva bean is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Ceylon Spiny Mouse Sieva bean
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) Phaseolus
Species Mus fernandoni Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

EN — Endangered

Sieva bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Ceylon Spiny Mouse Sieva bean
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sieva bean

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

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.

Sieva bean

No description available.

Nature FYI Family

Explore more of the natural world across our sister sites.

Part of the Nature FYI family — FYIPedia