Fawn-colored Mouse vs White Cheese Polypore

Mus cervicolor compared with Tyromyces chioneus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fawn-colored Mouse	White Cheese Polypore
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Incrustoporiaceae
Genus	Mus (House Mice)	Tyromyces
Species	Mus cervicolor	Tyromyces chioneus

Conservation Status

Fawn-colored Mouse

LC — Least Concern

White Cheese Polypore

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fawn-colored Mouse	White Cheese Polypore
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fawn-colored Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

White Cheese Polypore

Habitat

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

Range

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