Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs limestone fern

Chiropodomys pusillus compared with Gymnocarpium robertianum

Key Differences

• Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient while limestone fern is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	limestone fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cystopteridaceae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Gymnocarpium
Species	Chiropodomys pusillus	Gymnocarpium robertianum

Conservation Status

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

limestone fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	limestone fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

limestone fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.