Aleppo Grass vs Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

Sorghum halepense compared with Perognathus merriami

Key Differences

• Aleppo Grass is Not Evaluated while Merriam’s Pocket Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Aleppo Grass	Merriam’s Pocket Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Heteromyidae
Genus	Sorghum	Perognathus
Species	Sorghum halepense	Perognathus merriami

Conservation Status

Aleppo Grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Aleppo Grass	Merriam’s Pocket Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Aleppo Grass

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (15 countries), Europe (31 countries), North America (15 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (11 countries).

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Aleppo Grass

The Aleppo Grass (Sorghum halepense) is a species in the genus Sorghum. Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.