Ceylon Spiny Mouse vs Tickclover

Mus fernandoni compared with Desmodium incanum

Key Differences

• Ceylon Spiny Mouse is Endangered while Tickclover is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	Tickclover
Kingdom	Animalia (动物界)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索动物门)	Magnoliophyta (木兰植物门)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳動物)	Magnoliopsida (木兰纲)
Order	Rodentia (啮齿目)	Fabales (豆目)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Mus (House Mice)	Desmodium
Species	Mus fernandoni	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

EN — Endangered

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ceylon Spiny Mouse	Tickclover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ceylon Spiny Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

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.