Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs

Chiropodomys pusillus compared with Pyrenula nitida

Key Differences

• Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient while is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Eurotiomycetes (Eurotiomycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Pyrenulales (Pyrenulales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Pyrenulaceae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Pyrenula
Species	Chiropodomys pusillus	Pyrenula nitida

Conservation Status

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Pyrenula nitida es un liquen crustaceo corticola que produce un talo liso y brillante de color verde oliva a marron, con peritecios en forma de frasco incrustados en la corteza lisa de arboles antiguos de hoja ancha en bosques atlanticos humedos. Se considera una especie indicadora emblematica de bosques antiguos con larga continuidad en Europa occidental. En peligro, este liquen esta gravemente amenazado por la perdida de arboles veteranos y habitats de bosque antiguo.