Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Tumbling Puffball

Chiropodomys major compared with Bovista pila

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Tumbling Puffball
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Lycoperdaceae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Bovista
Species	Chiropodomys major	Bovista pila

Conservation Status

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Tumbling Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tumbling Puffball

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Brazil and United States.