alpine groundsel vs Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

Packera pauciflora compared with Perognathus merriami

Key Differences

• alpine groundsel is Not Evaluated while Merriam’s Pocket Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alpine groundsel	Merriam’s Pocket Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Heteromyidae
Genus	Packera	Perognathus
Species	Packera pauciflora	Perognathus merriami

Conservation Status

alpine groundsel

NE — Not Evaluated

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alpine groundsel	Merriam’s Pocket Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alpine groundsel

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

alpine groundsel

The Alpine groundsel (Packera pauciflora) is a species in the genus Packera. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Distributed across Canada and Norway.