Black fruited galanga vs Plains Pocket Mouse

Alpinia nigra compared with Perognathus flavescens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black fruited galanga	Plains Pocket Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Zingiberaceae	Heteromyidae
Genus	Alpinia	Perognathus
Species	Alpinia nigra	Perognathus flavescens

Conservation Status

Black fruited galanga

LC — Least Concern

Plains Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black fruited galanga	Plains Pocket Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black fruited galanga

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Jamaica.

Plains Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black fruited galanga

The Black fruited galanga (Alpinia nigra) is a species in the genus Alpinia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.