Goldman's pocket mouse vs hooked-pepperwort

Chaetodipus goldmani compared with Marsilea vestita

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goldman's pocket mouse	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Heteromyidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Chaetodipus	Marsilea
Species	Chaetodipus goldmani	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

Goldman's pocket mouse

NT — Near Threatened

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goldman's pocket mouse	hooked-pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Goldman's pocket mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.