Ceylon Spiny Mouse vs Narrow-Fruit Rockcress

Mus fernandoni compared with Nasturtium microphyllum

Key Differences

• Ceylon Spiny Mouse is Endangered while Narrow-Fruit Rockcress is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	Narrow-Fruit Rockcress
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Plantae (식물)
Phylum	Chordata (척삭동물)	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)
Class	Mammalia (포유류)	Magnoliopsida (목련강)
Order	Rodentia (설치류)	Brassicales (십자화목)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Brassicaceae
Genus	Mus (House Mice)	Nasturtium
Species	Mus fernandoni	Nasturtium microphyllum

Conservation Status

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

EN — Endangered

Narrow-Fruit Rockcress

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	Narrow-Fruit Rockcress
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Narrow-Fruit Rockcress

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.