coral-bean vs Philippine mouse-deer

Erythrina fusca compared with Tragulus nigricans

Key Differences

• coral-bean is Least Concern while Philippine mouse-deer is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	coral-bean	Philippine mouse-deer
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Fabaceae	Tragulidae
Genus	Erythrina	Tragulus
Species	Erythrina fusca	Tragulus nigricans

Conservation Status

coral-bean

LC — Least Concern

Philippine mouse-deer

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	coral-bean	Philippine mouse-deer
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).

Philippine mouse-deer

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.