Cedar Kokoti vs Ceylon Spiny Mouse

Entandrophragma candollei compared with Mus fernandoni

Key Differences

Cedar Kokoti is Vulnerable while Ceylon Spiny Mouse is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cedar Kokoti	Ceylon Spiny Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Meliaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Entandrophragma	Mus (House Mice)
Species	Entandrophragma candollei	Mus fernandoni

Conservation Status

Cedar Kokoti

VU — Vulnerable

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cedar Kokoti	Ceylon Spiny Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cedar Kokoti

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cedar Kokoti

The Cedar Kokoti (Entandrophragma candollei) is a species in the genus Entandrophragma. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populatio