Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Mexican vole

Chiropodomys muroides compared with Microtus mexicanus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Mexican vole
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order same	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cricetidae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Microtus
Species	Chiropodomys muroides	Microtus mexicanus

Evolutionary Relationship

Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse and Mexican vole share a common ancestor at the Order level: Rodentia. (Rodents)

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Mexican vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Mexican vole
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.

Mexican vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.