Arizona Pocket Mouse vs Crowned Tooth

Perognathus amplus compared with Hydnellum lepidum

Key Differences

• Arizona Pocket Mouse is Least Concern while Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arizona Pocket Mouse	Crowned Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Heteromyidae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Perognathus	Hydnellum
Species	Perognathus amplus	Hydnellum lepidum

Conservation Status

Arizona Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arizona Pocket Mouse	Crowned Tooth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arizona Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Crowned Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.