Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Peking cotoneaster

Chiropodomys muroides compared with Cotoneaster acutifolius

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient while Peking cotoneaster is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Peking cotoneaster
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Chiropodomys	Cotoneaster
Species	Chiropodomys muroides	Cotoneaster acutifolius

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Peking cotoneaster

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Peking cotoneaster
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.

Peking cotoneaster

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Germany, Norway, and United States.