Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs wild madder

Chiropodomys major compared with Rubia peregrina

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	wild madder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Rubiaceae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Rubia
Species	Chiropodomys major	Rubia peregrina

Conservation Status

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

LC — Least Concern

wild madder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

wild madder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.