Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Indian Pea

Chiropodomys muroides compared with Lathyrus sativus

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient while Indian Pea is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Indian Pea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Lathyrus
Species	Chiropodomys muroides	Lathyrus sativus

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Indian Pea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Indian Pea
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.

Indian Pea

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Angola), Asia (5 countries), Europe (24 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Ecuador).