Gray Red-backed Vole vs Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Myodes rufocanus compared with Chiropodomys calamianensis

Key Differences

• Gray Red-backed Vole is Least Concern while Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Red-backed Vole	Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Kingdom same	Animalia (动物界)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum same	Chordata (脊索动物门)	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class same	Mammalia (哺乳動物)	Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order same	Rodentia (啮齿目)	Rodentia (啮齿目)
Family	Cricetidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Myodes	Chiropodomys
Species	Myodes rufocanus	Chiropodomys calamianensis

Evolutionary Relationship

Gray Red-backed Vole and Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse share a common ancestor at the Order level: Rodentia. (啮齿目)

Conservation Status

Gray Red-backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Red-backed Vole	Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Red-backed Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Norway.

Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.