Couchgrass vs Desert Pocket Gopher

Elymus repens compared with Geomys arenarius

Key Differences

• Couchgrass is Least Concern while Desert Pocket Gopher is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Couchgrass	Desert Pocket Gopher
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Geomyidae
Genus	Elymus	Geomys
Species	Elymus repens	Geomys arenarius

Conservation Status

Couchgrass

LC — Least Concern

Desert Pocket Gopher

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Couchgrass	Desert Pocket Gopher
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Couchgrass

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and temperate coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt, South Africa), Asia (Iran, North Korea), Europe (4 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

Desert Pocket Gopher

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.