Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs northern red currant

Chiropodomys pusillus compared with Ribes spicatum

Key Differences

• Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient while northern red currant is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	northern red currant
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Saxifragales (Saxifragales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Grossulariaceae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Ribes
Species	Chiropodomys pusillus	Ribes spicatum

Conservation Status

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

northern red currant

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	northern red currant
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 red currant

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (14 countries).