brackish river prawn vs Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

Macrobrachium macrobrachion compared with Perognathus merriami

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brackish river prawn	Merriam’s Pocket Mouse
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Decapoda (Decapoda)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Palaemonidae	Heteromyidae
Genus	Macrobrachium	Perognathus
Species	Macrobrachium macrobrachion	Perognathus merriami

Evolutionary Relationship

brackish river prawn and Merriam’s Pocket Mouse share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

brackish river prawn

LC — Least Concern

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brackish river prawn	Merriam’s Pocket Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

brackish river prawn

Habitat

Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

Range

Found in United States.

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

brackish river prawn

The Brackish river prawn (Macrobrachium macrobrachion) is a species in the genus Macrobrachium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.