Crete Spiny Mouse vs Dwarf Water Clover

Acomys minous compared with Marsilea minuta

Key Differences

• Crete Spiny Mouse is Data Deficient while Dwarf Water Clover is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crete Spiny Mouse	Dwarf Water Clover
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Marsileaceae
Genus	Acomys	Marsilea
Species	Acomys minous	Marsilea minuta

Conservation Status

Crete Spiny Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Dwarf Water Clover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crete Spiny Mouse	Dwarf Water Clover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crete Spiny Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Greece.

Dwarf Water Clover

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Comoros), Asia (Bhutan, Taiwan, Vietnam), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).