Ceylon Spiny Mouse vs Vegetable fern

Mus fernandoni compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Ceylon Spiny Mouse is Endangered while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Athyriaceae
Genus	Mus (House Mice)	Diplazium
Species	Mus fernandoni	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

EN — Endangered

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and 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.