Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Spathulate Botrychium

Chiropodomys muroides compared with Botrychium spathulatum

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient while Spathulate Botrychium is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Spathulate Botrychium
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Ophioglossaceae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Botrychium
Species	Chiropodomys muroides	Botrychium spathulatum

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Spathulate Botrychium

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Spathulate Botrychium
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.

Spathulate Botrychium

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.