Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Indehiscent Amaranth

Chiropodomys muroides compared with Amaranthus bouchonii

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient while Indehiscent Amaranth is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Indehiscent Amaranth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Amaranthus
Species	Chiropodomys muroides	Amaranthus bouchonii

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Indehiscent Amaranth

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Indehiscent Amaranth
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.

Indehiscent Amaranth

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (17 countries).