Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Silkrubber

Chiropodomys pusillus compared with Funtumia elastica

Key Differences

• Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient while Silkrubber is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Funtumia
Species	Chiropodomys pusillus	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silkrubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.