Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs Malayan civet

Chiropodomys pusillus compared with Viverra tangalunga

Key Differences

• Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient while Malayan civet is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse	Malayan civet
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	Rodentia (啮齿目)	Carnivora (食肉目)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Viverridae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Viverra
Species	Chiropodomys pusillus	Viverra tangalunga

Evolutionary Relationship

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse and Malayan civet share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (哺乳動物)

Conservation Status

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Malayan civet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Malayan civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.