Carelessweed vs Plains Pocket Mouse

Amaranthus spinosus compared with Perognathus flavescens

Key Differences

  • Carelessweed is Not Evaluated while Plains Pocket Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Carelessweed Plains Pocket Mouse
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Amaranthaceae Heteromyidae
Genus Amaranthus Perognathus
Species Amaranthus spinosus Perognathus flavescens

Conservation Status

Carelessweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Plains Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Carelessweed Plains Pocket Mouse
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Carelessweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Plains Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Carelessweed

The Carelessweed (Amaranthus spinosus) is a species in the genus Amaranthus. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Plains Pocket Mouse

No description available.

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