Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Hover fly

Chiropodomys muroides compared with Cheilosia pagana

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient while Hover fly is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Hover fly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Syrphidae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Cheilosia
Species	Chiropodomys muroides	Cheilosia pagana

Evolutionary Relationship

Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse and Hover fly share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Hover fly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Hover fly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hover fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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