Arizona Pocket Mouse vs Red-Seeded Dandelion

Perognathus amplus compared with Taraxacum erythrospermum

Key Differences

• Arizona Pocket Mouse is Least Concern while Red-Seeded Dandelion is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arizona Pocket Mouse	Red-Seeded Dandelion
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Heteromyidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Perognathus	Taraxacum
Species	Perognathus amplus	Taraxacum erythrospermum

Conservation Status

Arizona Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Red-Seeded Dandelion

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arizona Pocket Mouse	Red-Seeded Dandelion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arizona Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red-Seeded Dandelion

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Iceland, Japan, Norway, 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.