Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Malayan civet

Chiropodomys major compared with Viverra tangalunga

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Malayan civet
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Viverridae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Viverra
Species	Chiropodomys major	Viverra tangalunga

Evolutionary Relationship

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse and Malayan civet share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Malayan civet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Malayan civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.