Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen vs Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Cladonia merochlorophaea compared with Dendrogale murina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen	Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lecanorales (Lecanorales)	Scandentia (Scandentia)
Family	Cladoniaceae	Tupaiidae
Genus	Cladonia	Dendrogale
Species	Cladonia merochlorophaea	Dendrogale murina

Conservation Status

Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen

LC — Least Concern

Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen	Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.