Arizona Pocket Mouse vs Garden Thyme

Perognathus amplus compared with Thymus vulgaris

Key Differences

• Arizona Pocket Mouse is Least Concern while Garden Thyme is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arizona Pocket Mouse	Garden Thyme
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Heteromyidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Perognathus	Thymus
Species	Perognathus amplus	Thymus vulgaris

Conservation Status

Arizona Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Garden Thyme

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arizona Pocket Mouse	Garden Thyme
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arizona Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Garden Thyme

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Europe (18 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.