Ebony Cup vs Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Pseudoplectania nigrella compared with Chiropodomys major

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ebony Cup	Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pezizales (Pezizales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Sarcosomataceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Pseudoplectania	Chiropodomys
Species	Pseudoplectania nigrella	Chiropodomys major

Conservation Status

Ebony Cup

LC — Least Concern

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ebony Cup	Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ebony Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.