Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Whitley’s cuttlefish

Chiropodomys pusillus compared with Sepia whitleyana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Whitley’s cuttlefish
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Cephalopoda (Cephalopods)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sepiida (Sepiida)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Sepiidae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Sepia
Species	Chiropodomys pusillus	Sepia whitleyana

Evolutionary Relationship

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse and Whitley’s cuttlefish share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Whitley’s cuttlefish

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Whitley’s cuttlefish
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Whitley’s cuttlefish