Chestnut Sedge vs Peninsular Pocket Mouse

Carex castanea compared with Chaetodipus rudinoris

Key Differences

• Chestnut Sedge is Not Evaluated while Peninsular Pocket Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Sedge	Peninsular Pocket Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cyperaceae	Heteromyidae
Genus	Carex	Chaetodipus
Species	Carex castanea	Chaetodipus rudinoris

Conservation Status

Chestnut Sedge

NE — Not Evaluated

Peninsular Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Sedge	Peninsular Pocket Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Peninsular Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chestnut Sedge

The Chestnut Sedge (Carex castanea) is a species in the genus Carex. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.