Forest Queen vs Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

Charaxes wakefieldi compared with Perognathus merriami

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Forest Queen	Merriam’s Pocket Mouse
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Heteromyidae
Genus	Charaxes	Perognathus
Species	Charaxes wakefieldi	Perognathus merriami

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Forest Queen

LC — Least Concern

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Forest Queen	Merriam’s Pocket Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Forest Queen

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.