Cyprus Spiny Mouse vs five-leaf crotalaria

Acomys nesiotes compared with Crotalaria quinquefolia

Key Differences

• Cyprus Spiny Mouse is Data Deficient while five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cyprus Spiny Mouse	five-leaf crotalaria
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Acomys	Crotalaria
Species	Acomys nesiotes	Crotalaria quinquefolia

Conservation Status

Cyprus Spiny Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cyprus Spiny Mouse	five-leaf crotalaria
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cyprus Spiny Mouse

Habitat

Inhabits Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Cyprus.

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).