Arizona Pocket Mouse vs River Maple

Perognathus amplus compared with Acer saccharinum

Key Differences

• Arizona Pocket Mouse is Least Concern while River Maple is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arizona Pocket Mouse	River Maple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Heteromyidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Perognathus	Acer
Species	Perognathus amplus	Acer saccharinum

Conservation Status

Arizona Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

River Maple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arizona Pocket Mouse	River Maple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arizona Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

River Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (Armenia), Europe (19 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil, 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.