Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs New Guinean Quoll

Chiropodomys major compared with Dasyurus albopunctatus

Key Differences

• Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Least Concern while New Guinean Quoll is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	New Guinean Quoll
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Dasyuridae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Dasyurus
Species	Chiropodomys major	Dasyurus albopunctatus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

LC — Least Concern

New Guinean Quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

New Guinean Quoll

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.