African Ebony vs Plains Pocket Mouse

Diospyros kamerunensis compared with Perognathus flavescens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Ebony	Plains Pocket Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ericales (Ericales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Ebenaceae	Heteromyidae
Genus	Diospyros	Perognathus
Species	Diospyros kamerunensis	Perognathus flavescens

Conservation Status

African Ebony

LC — Least Concern

Plains Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Ebony	Plains Pocket Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Ebony

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Plains Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

African Ebony

The African Ebony (Diospyros kamerunensis) is a species in the genus Diospyros. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.