coral-bean vs Mound-building Mouse

Erythrina fusca compared with Mus spicilegus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank coral-bean Mound-building Mouse
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Fabales (Legumes & Allies) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Fabaceae Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus Erythrina Mus (House Mice)
Species Erythrina fusca Mus spicilegus

Conservation Status

coral-bean

LC — Least Concern

Mound-building Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute coral-bean Mound-building Mouse
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

coral-bean

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Sao Tome and Principe), Oceania and the Pacific (Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Mound-building Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

coral-bean

No description available.

Mound-building Mouse

No description available.

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