Hairy-tailed Tree Rat vs Red-Fruited Pixie Cup

Brachytarsomys villosa compared with Cladonia pleurota

Key Differences

• Hairy-tailed Tree Rat is Vulnerable while Red-Fruited Pixie Cup is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	Red-Fruited Pixie Cup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lecanorales (Lecanorales)
Family	Nesomyidae	Cladoniaceae
Genus	Brachytarsomys	Cladonia
Species	Brachytarsomys villosa	Cladonia pleurota

Conservation Status

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

VU — Vulnerable

Red-Fruited Pixie Cup

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	Red-Fruited Pixie Cup
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red-Fruited Pixie Cup

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.