Fiery Spiny Mouse vs five-leaf crotalaria

Acomys ignitus compared with Crotalaria quinquefolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Fiery 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 ignitus Crotalaria quinquefolia

Conservation Status

Fiery Spiny Mouse

LC — Least Concern

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fiery Spiny Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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).

Fiery Spiny Mouse

No description available.

five-leaf crotalaria

No description available.

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