Fawn-colored Mouse vs Water spangles

Mus cervicolor compared with Salvinia minima

Key Differences

• Fawn-colored Mouse is Least Concern while Water spangles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fawn-colored Mouse	Water spangles
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Salviniaceae
Genus	Mus (House Mice)	Salvinia
Species	Mus cervicolor	Salvinia minima

Conservation Status

Fawn-colored Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fawn-colored Mouse	Water spangles
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fawn-colored Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Water spangles

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Sri Lanka), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).