Brown Roll Rim vs Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Paxillus involutus compared with Chiropodomys pusillus

Key Differences

• Brown Roll Rim is Least Concern while Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Roll Rim	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boletales (Boletales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Paxillaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Paxillus	Chiropodomys
Species	Paxillus involutus	Chiropodomys pusillus

Conservation Status

Brown Roll Rim

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Roll Rim	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Roll Rim

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Brown Roll Rim

The Brown Roll Rim (Paxillus involutus) is a species in the genus Paxillus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.