Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Mongolian Mountain Vole

Chiropodomys pusillus compared with Alticola semicanus

Key Differences

• Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient while Mongolian Mountain Vole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Mongolian Mountain Vole
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order same	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cricetidae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Alticola
Species	Chiropodomys pusillus	Alticola semicanus

Evolutionary Relationship

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse and Mongolian Mountain Vole share a common ancestor at the Order level: Rodentia. (Rodents)

Conservation Status

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Mongolian Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Mongolian Mountain Vole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mongolian Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.