Arizona Pocket Mouse vs Prickly Heath

Perognathus amplus compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arizona Pocket Mouse	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Heteromyidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Perognathus	Gaultheria
Species	Perognathus amplus	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Arizona Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arizona Pocket Mouse	Prickly Heath
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arizona Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

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.