vs Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Asperococcus ensiformis compared with Chiropodomys calamianensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Kingdom Chromista (Chromista) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Ectocarpales (Ectocarpales) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Chordariaceae Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus Asperococcus Chiropodomys
Species Asperococcus ensiformis Chiropodomys calamianensis

Conservation Status

DD — Data Deficient

Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
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Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, New Zealand, and Norway.

Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Asperococcus ensiformis is a tubular to flattened brown alga forming elongated, sac-like or sword-shaped thalli attached to rocky substrates. It inhabits intertidal and shallow subtidal rocky shores of the North Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts. This photosynthetic macroalga grows on rocks and larger algae in wave-exposed coastal zones.

Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

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