Ceylon Spiny Mouse vs amor-de-campo-sujo

Mus fernandoni compared with Desmodium incanum

Key Differences

• Ceylon Spiny Mouse is Endangered while amor-de-campo-sujo is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	amor-de-campo-sujo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Mus (House Mice)	Desmodium
Species	Mus fernandoni	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

EN — Endangered

amor-de-campo-sujo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	amor-de-campo-sujo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

amor-de-campo-sujo

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.