Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Short-Stalked Suillus

Chiropodomys muroides compared with Suillus brevipes

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient while Short-Stalked Suillus is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Short-Stalked Suillus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Suillaceae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Suillus
Species	Chiropodomys muroides	Suillus brevipes

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Short-Stalked Suillus

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Short-Stalked Suillus
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.

Short-Stalked Suillus

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Taiwan and United States.