lime prickly-ash vs Philippine mouse-deer

Zanthoxylum fagara compared with Tragulus nigricans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	lime prickly-ash	Philippine mouse-deer
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Rutaceae	Tragulidae
Genus	Zanthoxylum	Tragulus
Species	Zanthoxylum fagara	Tragulus nigricans

Conservation Status

lime prickly-ash

EN — Endangered

Philippine mouse-deer

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	lime prickly-ash	Philippine mouse-deer
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

lime prickly-ash

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.