arctic groundsel vs Plains Pocket Mouse

Tephroseris frigida compared with Perognathus flavescens

Key Differences

• arctic groundsel is Not Evaluated while Plains Pocket Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	arctic groundsel	Plains 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	Tephroseris	Perognathus
Species	Tephroseris frigida	Perognathus flavescens

Conservation Status

arctic groundsel

NE — Not Evaluated

Plains Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	arctic groundsel	Plains Pocket Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

arctic groundsel

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.

Plains Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

arctic groundsel

The Arctic groundsel (Tephroseris frigida) is a species in the genus Tephroseris. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.