Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Nimblewill

Chiropodomys major compared with Muhlenbergia schreberi

Key Differences

• Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Least Concern while Nimblewill is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Nimblewill
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Chiropodomys	Muhlenbergia
Species	Chiropodomys major	Muhlenbergia schreberi

Conservation Status

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Nimblewill

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Nimblewill

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Georgia, Japan), Europe (4 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).