Ceylon Spiny Mouse vs summer pheasants-eye

Mus fernandoni compared with Adonis aestivalis

Key Differences

• Ceylon Spiny Mouse is Endangered while summer pheasants-eye is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	summer pheasants-eye
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Mus (House Mice)	Adonis
Species	Mus fernandoni	Adonis aestivalis

Conservation Status

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

EN — Endangered

summer pheasants-eye

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	summer pheasants-eye
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

summer pheasants-eye

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan), Europe (10 countries), and North America (United States).

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.