Ceylon Spiny Mouse vs red spiderling

Mus fernandoni compared with Boerhavia diffusa

Key Differences

• Ceylon Spiny Mouse is Endangered while red spiderling is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	red spiderling
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order	Rodentia (ネズミ目)	Caryophyllales (ナデシコ目)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Nyctaginaceae
Genus	Mus (House Mice)	Boerhavia
Species	Mus fernandoni	Boerhavia diffusa

Conservation Status

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

EN — Endangered

red spiderling

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	red spiderling
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

red spiderling

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 Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (7 countries), and South America (4 countries).

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.