Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs yellow willow

Chiropodomys pusillus compared with Salix lutea

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	yellow willow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Salicaceae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Salix
Species	Chiropodomys pusillus	Salix lutea

Conservation Status

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

yellow willow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

yellow willow

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.