Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Recurved Peatmoss

Chiropodomys pusillus compared with Sphagnum recurvum

Key Differences

• Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient while Recurved Peatmoss is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Recurved Peatmoss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Sphagnopsida (Sphagnopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sphagnales (Sphagnales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Sphagnaceae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Sphagnum
Species	Chiropodomys pusillus	Sphagnum recurvum

Conservation Status

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Recurved Peatmoss

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Recurved Peatmoss
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Recurved Peatmoss

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Norway, Portugal, and United States.