Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Mountain yam

Chiropodomys major compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Key Differences

• Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Least Concern while Mountain yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Mountain yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Dioscorea
Species	Chiropodomys major	Dioscorea hamiltonii

Conservation Status

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.