Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Lacquered Bracket

Chiropodomys muroides compared with Ganoderma lucidum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Lacquered Bracket
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Polyporaceae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Ganoderma
Species	Chiropodomys muroides	Ganoderma lucidum

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Lacquered Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Lacquered Bracket
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.

Lacquered Bracket

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).