Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Joseph's-coat

Chiropodomys muroides compared with Amaranthus tricolor

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient while Joseph's-coat is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Joseph's-coat
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 tricolor

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Joseph's-coat

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Joseph's-coat
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.

Joseph's-coat

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Angola, Libya, Madagascar), Asia (6 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).