Fawn-colored Mouse vs Painted Suillus

Mus cervicolor compared with Suillus spraguei

Key Differences

• Fawn-colored Mouse is Least Concern while Painted Suillus is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fawn-colored Mouse	Painted Suillus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Suillaceae
Genus	Mus (House Mice)	Suillus
Species	Mus cervicolor	Suillus spraguei

Conservation Status

Fawn-colored Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Painted Suillus

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fawn-colored Mouse	Painted Suillus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fawn-colored Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Painted Suillus

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Taiwan and United States.