Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Northern Firefly

Chiropodomys muroides compared with Pyractomena borealis

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient while Northern Firefly is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Northern Firefly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Lampyridae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Pyractomena
Species	Chiropodomys muroides	Pyractomena borealis

Evolutionary Relationship

Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse and Northern Firefly share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Northern Firefly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Northern Firefly
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.

Northern Firefly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.