Common Seahorse vs Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse

Hippocampus kuda compared with Myomimus personatus

Key Differences

• Common Seahorse is Vulnerable while Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Seahorse	Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fish)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Perciformes (Perch-like Fish)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Pomacentridae (Clownfish & Damselfish)	Gliridae
Genus	Amphiprion (Clownfish)	Myomimus
Species	Hippocampus kuda	Myomimus personatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Common Seahorse and Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

Common Seahorse

VU — Vulnerable

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Seahorse	Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	5 years	—
Average Length	17 cm	—
Average Weight	10 g	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Seahorse

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, and Philippines. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Common Seahorse

O cavalo-marinho-comum (Hippocampus kuda) é encontrado em águas tropicais e temperadas. Os machos carregam e dão à luz os filhotes.