Mound-building Mouse vs Sour orange

Mus spicilegus compared with Citrus aurantium

Key Differences

• Mound-building Mouse is Least Concern while Sour orange is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mound-building Mouse	Sour orange
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Rutaceae
Genus	Mus (House Mice)	Citrus
Species	Mus spicilegus	Citrus aurantium

Conservation Status

Mound-building Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Sour orange

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mound-building Mouse	Sour orange
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mound-building Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sour orange

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (12 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia).