Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Redroot amaranth

Chiropodomys calamianensis compared with Amaranthus retroflexus

Key Differences

• Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient while Redroot amaranth is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Redroot amaranth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Amaranthus
Species	Chiropodomys calamianensis	Amaranthus retroflexus

Conservation Status

Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Redroot amaranth

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Redroot amaranth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Redroot amaranth

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (14 countries), Europe (36 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (6 countries).