Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Variable Dancer

Chiropodomys muroides compared with Argia fumipennis

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient while Variable Dancer is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Variable Dancer
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Coenagrionidae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Argia
Species	Chiropodomys muroides	Argia fumipennis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Variable Dancer

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Variable Dancer
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.

Variable Dancer

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in United States.