Arizona Pocket Mouse vs Beach-Heath

Perognathus amplus compared with Hudsonia tomentosa

Key Differences

• Arizona Pocket Mouse is Least Concern while Beach-Heath is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arizona Pocket Mouse	Beach-Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Heteromyidae	Cistaceae
Genus	Perognathus	Hudsonia
Species	Perognathus amplus	Hudsonia tomentosa

Conservation Status

Arizona Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Beach-Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arizona Pocket Mouse	Beach-Heath
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arizona Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Beach-Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Arizona Pocket Mouse

The Arizona Pocket Mouse, Perognathus amplus, is a species. It is currently assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Beach-Heath

The Beach-Heath (Hudsonia tomentosa) is a species in the genus Hudsonia. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.