Light Bossé vs Mouse bandicoot

Leplaea cedrata compared with Microperoryctes murina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Light Bossé	Mouse bandicoot
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Peramelemorphia (Peramelemorphia)
Family	Meliaceae	Peramelidae
Genus	Leplaea	Microperoryctes
Species	Leplaea cedrata	Microperoryctes murina

Conservation Status

Light Bossé

VU — Vulnerable

Mouse bandicoot

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Light Bossé	Mouse bandicoot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Light Bossé

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.