Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs

Chiropodomys muroides compared with Hypoxylon petriniae

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Xylariales (Xylariales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Hypoxylaceae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Hypoxylon
Species	Chiropodomys muroides	Hypoxylon petriniae

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
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.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Hypoxylon petriniae is a wood-inhabiting pyrenomycete fungus producing small, cushion-shaped stromata on dead hardwood bark. It inhabits temperate forests across Europe and related regions where suitable deadwood hosts are available. This saprotrophic fungus decomposes the cellulose and lignin of dead woody tissues.