Crete Spiny Mouse vs Wild Lettuce

Acomys minous compared with Lactuca indica

Key Differences

• Crete Spiny Mouse is Data Deficient while Wild Lettuce is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crete Spiny Mouse	Wild Lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Acomys	Lactuca
Species	Acomys minous	Lactuca indica

Conservation Status

Crete Spiny Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Wild Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crete Spiny Mouse	Wild Lettuce
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.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar, South Africa), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).