Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Streamside Swordfern

Chiropodomys muroides compared with Nephrolepis rivularis

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient while Streamside Swordfern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Streamside Swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Nephrolepis
Species	Chiropodomys muroides	Nephrolepis rivularis

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Streamside Swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Streamside Swordfern
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.

Streamside Swordfern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.