Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs

Chiropodomys major compared with Hyphoderma occidentale

Key Differences

• Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Least Concern while is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Hyphodermataceae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Hyphoderma
Species	Chiropodomys major	Hyphoderma occidentale

Conservation Status

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

LC — Least Concern

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Hyphoderma occidentale is a corticioid fungus in the family Polyporaceae, assessed as Data Deficient (DD). It grows as a thin, resupinate (crust-like) fruiting body on dead wood in forest habitats. Insufficient data on its distribution and population size make comprehensive conservation assessment difficult.