Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs

Chiropodomys major compared with Physarum leucopus

Key Differences

• Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Protozoa (protozoo)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Mycetozoa
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Physarales (Physarales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Physaraceae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Physarum
Species	Chiropodomys major	Physarum leucopus

Conservation Status

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Brazil, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Physarum leucopus es un mixomiceto (moho de fango plasmodial) de la familia Physaridae, que produce esporangios con tallos palidos o blanquecinos como indica su nombre especifico. Se encuentra sobre madera en descomposicion y hojarasca vegetal en ambientes forestales humedos. Su estado de conservacion no ha sido evaluado.