Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Streamside Swordfern

Chiropodomys major compared with Nephrolepis rivularis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Streamside Swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Nephrolepis
Species	Chiropodomys major	Nephrolepis rivularis

Conservation Status

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Streamside Swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Streamside Swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.