Gray’s Sportive Lemur vs Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Lepilemur dorsalis compared with Chiropodomys major

Key Differences

• Gray’s Sportive Lemur is Endangered while Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray’s Sportive Lemur	Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Primates (primatas)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Lepilemuridae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Lepilemur	Chiropodomys
Species	Lepilemur dorsalis	Chiropodomys major

Evolutionary Relationship

Gray’s Sportive Lemur and Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray’s Sportive Lemur	Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.