Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Poison Sumac

Chiropodomys major compared with Toxicodendron vernix

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Poison Sumac
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Anacardiaceae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Toxicodendron
Species	Chiropodomys major	Toxicodendron vernix

Conservation Status

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Poison Sumac

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Poison Sumac

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.