Ceylon Spiny Mouse vs cresson à petites feuilles

Mus fernandoni compared with Nasturtium microphyllum

Key Differences

• Ceylon Spiny Mouse is Endangered while cresson à petites feuilles is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	cresson à petites feuilles
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Brassicaceae
Genus	Mus (House Mice)	Nasturtium
Species	Mus fernandoni	Nasturtium microphyllum

Conservation Status

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

EN — Endangered

cresson à petites feuilles

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	cresson à petites feuilles
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

cresson à petites feuilles

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Eritrea), Asia (Japan, Yemen), Europe (5 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

The Ceylon Spiny Mouse (Mus fernandoni) is a species in the genus Mus. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.