Black fruited galanga vs Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Alpinia nigra compared with Chiropodomys muroides

Key Differences

• Black fruited galanga is Least Concern while Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black fruited galanga	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (plante)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Zingiberaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Alpinia	Chiropodomys
Species	Alpinia nigra	Chiropodomys muroides

Conservation Status

Black fruited galanga

LC — Least Concern

Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black fruited galanga	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black fruited galanga

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Jamaica.

Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black fruited galanga

The Black fruited galanga (Alpinia nigra) is a species in the genus Alpinia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.