Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Maydell's locoweed

Chiropodomys pusillus compared with Oxytropis maydelliana

Key Differences

• Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient while Maydell's locoweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Maydell's locoweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Oxytropis
Species	Chiropodomys pusillus	Oxytropis maydelliana

Conservation Status

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Maydell's locoweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Maydell's locoweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Maydell's locoweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.