Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel

Chiropodomys pusillus compared with Aeretes melanopterus

Key Differences

• Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient while Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel
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)	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Chiropodomys	Aeretes
Species	Chiropodomys pusillus	Aeretes melanopterus

Evolutionary Relationship

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse and Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel share a common ancestor at the Order level: Rodentia. (Rodents)

Conservation Status

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.