Jaggery palm vs Merriam s Deermouse

Caryota urens compared with Peromyscus merriami

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jaggery palm	Merriam s Deermouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Arecales (Arecales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Arecaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Caryota	Peromyscus
Species	Caryota urens	Peromyscus merriami

Conservation Status

Jaggery palm

LC — Least Concern

Merriam s Deermouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jaggery palm	Merriam s Deermouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Jaggery palm

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea, Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (India, Maldives, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).